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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Mark Haddon

Start date: November 21, 2012

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Jul 12, 2012 Sophie rated it it was amazing

Sometimes you come across a book that changes your life, how you deal with things, your perspective and outlook to your life. Not just yours but OTHERS - that is how you affect them.

Mark Haddon creates a world that is perfectly plausible: it is its relatability (is that a word?) that hooked me straight from the beginning, and the candid way that it was written in- by the novels protagonist "Christpher" who has aspergers syndrome. The fact that it was set in England made me believe it - it was as ...more

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Jul 01, 2015 Laura (Reading is a Doing Word) rated it liked it · review of another edition

I liked this book. I read it after having seen an excellent theatre production so I already knew the story but I enjoyed the reading of it. Christopher becomes so understandable in his own words but equally his parents frustration is also well portrayed. Very subtle and clever and ultimately positive.

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Mar 27, 2012 Vicky Thomasson rated it liked it · review of another edition

I really, really wanted to like this book because it was highly recommended to me by two people but I found it difficult to keep my mind focused on it. The concept of the story was good but I just felt like it was dragged out and I ended up dreading all the extra information, which I suppose was needed in order to show how Christopher's mind worked. I felt like the ending was rushed and a bit like the author just thought 'oh, I've had enough now, I better just find a way to end it'. It wasn't al ...more

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