The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time in Around the World in 80 Books

Jul 20, 2009 C. rated it liked it

Shelves: fiction, first-novel

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
by Mark Haddon

British author Mark Haddon won praise with this first book winning the 2003 Book of the Year and the 2004 Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best first book. He seems to have special insight into autism, although he makes no claims of being an expert in the field.
A well told story narrated in the first person by Christopher, a 15 year old math wizard living with Aspergers, a form of autism, (although the syndrome is not mentioned in the ...more

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Jan 05, 2013 MichelleCH rated it it was amazing

Shelves: 1001, ya-literature, own, favorites, buddy-read

Confession time: I was initially hesitant to read this book because I had heard so many criticisms both in person and on-line. I am so glad that I went ahead and gave it a shot. I would have missed out on a great novel otherwise. Haddon does an excellent job of capturing the essence of the main character, Christopher Boone. I am always impressed when an author can make me believe that he/she has lived an experience and I get totally absorbed into the story.

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Jul 29, 2008 Kemlo rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: fiction, banned-book-club

Uniquely written, unusual style. It took me a while to get into this book, but I admired and respected the author by the time I was done. He did an excellent job of putting the readers into the mind of the main character so that we might appreciate what it would be like to "walk a mile in his shoes." The events were shocking, disturbing, funny, and tender. All in all, it was very well done. ...more

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