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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Mark Haddon

Start date: July 6, 2014

Finish date: July 12, 2014

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Nov 11, 2012 Minh rated it really liked it

Shelves: mystery

Fascinating and indefinitely quietly sad. I felt pulled into the novel while wanting to cringe away from its realities all at the same time.

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Mar 18, 2013 Carl rated it really liked it

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Something novel for me. Expecting one thing and receiving something entirely different.

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Nov 23, 2008 Nicole rated it liked it

Shelves: 1001-list, 2009

I can absolutely applaud and appreciate the acheivement of writing this book from the perspective of a 15-year-old autistic boy. I thought Mark Haddon did a fantastic job of capturing the basic challenges of just getting through the day. With that said I was also bored and found this to be a slow read.

The three stars is more of a combination rating, personal enjoyment was probably a two, but I'd give four stars for writing acheivement. ...more

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Sep 08, 2008 Jennifer rated it liked it

Shelves: 1001, 2008

I had heard such great things about this book and was sadly disappointed. It took about half the book for me to get into it. It was just so random, you could bypass chapters and it wouldn't make a difference. Lastly, I was disapointed about the ending. I did give it 3 stars though b/c the 2nd half of the book at least kept mt attention. ...more

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Feb 13, 2009 Lorie rated it it was amazing

Shelves: mystery, contemporary-fiction, mystery-a-la-carte, favourites

This is not a book I would normally have picked up to read. In fact, if it weren't this month's selection for the book discussion, I would probably have never read it.

But, wow! I am so glad I read it. ...more

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