Reviews tagging 'Infidelity'

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

68 reviews

nneka23's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful informative fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

I found myself smiling or chuckling pretty often as I listened to this book. The narrator did a great job and the writing really helped me get a first-person perspective on what it must be like to be on the Autism Spectrum (called Asperger’s Syndrome back then). I think Mark Haddon wrote this with a very compassionate lens and there are so many people who should read this story. Really well done overall, with a sweet ending. Definitely recommend! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity

Minor: Death

scoads's review

adventurous emotional funny inspiring mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

A book with more than a few problems and an interesting yet problematic take on autistic stereotypes in young boys, but a very compelling and suspenseful story told from an interesting perspective, very close to my heart.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Ableism, Child abuse, Animal death, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Violence, Death, Abandonment, Death of parent, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, and Murder

camoo3032's review against another edition

tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

Moderate: Excrement, Violence, Blood, Infidelity, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Dementia, Alcohol, Child abuse, Death, Drug use, Medical content, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Cursing, Ableism, Cancer, Murder, Physical abuse, and Suicide

another_dahlia's review

dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Physical abuse, Ableism, Police brutality, Domestic abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, and Child abuse

Moderate: Bullying and Infidelity

Minor: Vomit

reddeddy's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Cursing, Eating disorder, Excrement, Abandonment, Vomit, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Child abuse, Animal death, Toxic relationship, and Ableism

Moderate: Bullying, Death of parent, Drug use, Xenophobia, Murder, Confinement, Grief, Religious bigotry, Violence, Vomit, Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Infidelity, and Sexual content

Minor: Addiction, Injury/Injury detail, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Kidnapping, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Dementia, Self harm, and Police brutality

paperquilt's review

mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Gaslighting, Ableism, Excrement, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Vomit

Moderate: Child abuse and Abandonment

Minor: Infidelity

julesvision's review

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

I liked it a lot.  I think it really accurately represents the neurodivergent mind and a lot of the primary struggles people on the (I'm assuming) autistic spectrum.  Christopher is super lovable and as the reader I feel like we bonded a lot through the story.  I also loved the evolution of the story from Christopher's innate desire to investigate and find the truth, to him overcoming fears and bonding and finding his inner courage.  The writing style was very well done and I will definitely be recommending this book!  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity

emialmonacid's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

Una historia muy bien contada sobre un niño neurodivergente y su familia disfuncional. Este libro nos cuenta la historia de Christopher, un niño de 12 años que odia el amarillo, el marrón, las multitudes, el contacto físico y lo desconocido, y que a su vez ama las matemáticas, el rojo, ver “El planeta azul” y a su rata Toby.

Cuando en una de sus caminatas nocturnas encuentra al perro de su vecina, la señora Shears, atravesado por un horcón, Christopher inicia un viaje detectivesco para averiguar quién mató a Wellington, sin embargo, se encontrará con muchas más cosas que tan solo el asesino del perro de su vecina.

En pocas palabras, me voló la cabeza este libro. Realmente me cautivó la manera en la que el autor pudo hacernos entrar en la mente de Christopher de una forma tan bien lograda, y a la vez tan cruda, tan real.

Puedes entender porqué los personajes hacen lo que hacen, hay coherencia, hay una historia bien contada, y hay un personaje principal que te absorbe.

Eso si, creo que para mi no alcanzó a cautivarme por completo, a ratos me costaba muchísimo avanzar en la historia y se me hacía una lectura muy pesada, más que nada porque como lector en un principio no entiendes hacia dónde estamos yendo, sin embargo una vez que entiendes, no lo sueltas hasta saber qué pasará con Christopher.

Realmente lo recomiendo, creo que todos deberían leer esto, para que abramos el mundo y seamos conscientes de que, como Christopher, hay 100.000 niños más que sufren y 100.000 adultos que no los comprenden del todo.

Brillante.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Infidelity

kateellis00's review

challenging emotional funny reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Child abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Infidelity, and Animal death

Minor: Death of parent, Ableism, and Police brutality

chelseasofia's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This book is so beautiful. I read it a long time ago and loved it. I reread it because Jeff Woodman did the audio and I’ve been enjoying listening to him do the LJG books. He’s just delightful and though he uses a different voice here (so he sounds unfamiliar), I was not disappointed. He’s a fantastic voice actor!

But besides that, the book was just as brilliant, funny, and heartbreaking as ever. I don’t know whether this is a realistic representation of autism or being on the spectrum in general, so I’ve left that to the side. However, I realized this time around how much I resonated emotionally and in some ways mentally with the main character Christopher. Like how he likes some colors and detests others, and uses these markers or rules to order his world. I did that when I was little too, just like having food preferences, as a way to feel some sense of control in the world and what happened to me. These things make sense to me and I still have certain preferences that might seem eccentric or ridiculous to most people, but it’s brilliant to read the perspective of a character who makes sense of the world this way and to feel seen a little. In this way, I think the book does speak broadly to neurodivergence in general.

I  also just resonated emotionally in the way of how as children sometimes we just can’t understand how or why adults do the things they do. And the adults that bother to meet you where you are, are like gold. This book has me thinking a lot about how we’re all trying our best, and sometimes even our best can still hurt the people we love. Or, rather, the people tasked to care for us can really truly love us and still make terrible mistakes. Not that that excuses their behavior, it just shows how messy life really is.

My heart was with this character from the get-go and I was rooting for him all through. This one will stick with me for awhile.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Panic attacks/disorders, and Animal death

Moderate: Infidelity, Ableism, and Child abuse

Minor: Vomit and Excrement