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One of the most unique books that I've ever read. Haddon does a fantastic job of presenting the story from Christopher's perspective and showcasing the details of how his autistic mind works. It was interesting to see not only how autism would affect a teenager's daily life, but the difficulties that it would bring to a murder investigation. Said murder is less integral the tale than I expected; it acts more as a catalyst for the surprising information that Christopher stumbles across, which dri
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Told in compelling first-person from the point of view of a teenager with autism. The book's limitations spring from the limitations of this perspective; the narrator's inability to sort out important details from unimportant ones could be distracting (though this quality contributed to the verisimilitude of the work). A quick read.
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It was okay but I don't see why people are making such a fuss about it. Made me want to re-read "Flowers for Algernon."
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I kept turning the pages expecting this book to get better and before I knew it, there were no more pages to turn and it still hadn't gotten better...
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Cleverly written mystery from the view point of a teenage boy with autism; LBBCMDC's second pick!
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Mar 22, 2008
Marnie
marked it as to-read
