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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Mark Haddon

Start date: December 1, 2023

Finish date: December 31, 2023

Discussion: MODERN / POPULAR READS

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Apr 28, 2013 Peggyzbooksnmusic rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: library, pages-200, mystery, kindle, favorite, british-fiction, read-2013, contemporary-fiction, autism

I read this back in 2013 and wrote a review that has mysteriously disappeared. Will try to recreate:

Rated 5 stars and is on my favorite shelf. I knew little of Autism before reading this novel and wasn't sure what to expect. In my opinion the author has written a novel that compares to classics such as " To Kill a Mockingbird".

Christopher is 15 years old, is an excellent student of math, science, history, etc. but does not interact well with people and hates to be touched. There is a mystery su ...more

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Sep 09, 2016 Ian Anderson rated it it was ok · review of another edition

An original and different style novel that is an easy recommendation to anyone. It's important that people consider how difficult it is for those with Autism to relate to people around them and the barriers it creates with their communication skills. Sadly this can get written off by strangers who witness it as simply being awkward or different. The protagonist, Christopher Boone, struggles with Asperger's Syndrome. This is a higher functioning form of Autism that affects everyone differently de ...more

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Nov 20, 2009 Adam rated it really liked it

Shelves: fiction-and-historical-fiction

This book is captivating and highly enjoyable, but there are few things about it that bother me.

I worked with autistic people for an entire summer at a summer camp. Not one of them was this capable at this many activities. This kid is more like a genius child with a social disorder than a kid with autism.

He has an eidetic memory and he's a genius mathematician. Because of the eidetic memory he would score incredibly high on any test, ever. He would have had no trouble writing a book (despite the ...more

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