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Reviews tagging 'Excrement'
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
34 reviews
camoo3032's review against another edition
- 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
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
reddeddy's review
- 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
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
- 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
Graphic: Animal death, Gaslighting, Ableism, Excrement, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Vomit
Moderate: Child abuse and Abandonment
Minor: Infidelity
chelseasofia's review against another edition
- 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
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.
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Panic attacks/disorders, and Animal death
Moderate: Infidelity, Ableism, and Child abuse
Minor: Vomit and Excrement
itsnotalakeitsanocean's review
0.25
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Cursing, Animal death, and Ableism
Moderate: Child abuse, Excrement, Panic attacks/disorders, and Infidelity
Minor: Vomit
ashielovestoread's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Animal death, Death of parent, Mental illness, Death, Excrement, Panic attacks/disorders, Abandonment, and Murder
Minor: Vomit
clor0's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Minor: Ableism, Alcohol, Drug use, Animal death, Excrement, and Panic attacks/disorders
saritaadam's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Blood, Mental illness, Excrement, Vomit, Ableism, and Animal death
Moderate: Alcohol, Bullying, and Child abuse
trintrin's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
The only thing that bothered me a little is that this stopped being a murder mystery pretty early on, but that’s got to do with the way this book is marketed ig
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Panic attacks/disorders
Moderate: Death of parent, Alcohol, Child abuse, Infidelity, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Cursing, Vomit, Blood, and Excrement
la_lune's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Excrement, and Animal death