14.2k reviews for:

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time

Mark Haddon

3.8 AVERAGE

luana_elisabetta's review against another edition

2.0

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Interesting short story but I didn’t love it

davidaolson's review against another edition

4.0

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I liked the first half of this book. It's about an autistic kid who discovers the body of a dog and sets about solving the mystery of who killed it. But after the mystery is "solved" halfway through, most of the rest of the book is about his taking the train to London. Without counting, I believe that took up 80 pages of this ~280 page book. I found that the journey got rather dull and repetitive, with numerous paragraphs starting "and then". Then the very end of the book wraps up all the plot complications far too neatly and with a nice pretty bow (and unrealistically pretty bow).

Despite being called a mystery by many, this is not a mystery novel except in the most vague form. In fact, if this is a Mystery then Pride and Prejudice is a mystery. If this is a mystery, then Star Wars is a mystery. This is a literary novel of some form or another which makes vague attempts at sort of being a mystery novel.

krysley's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging emotional funny medium-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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal death

lottie_ccp's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging funny informative reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

nasus_acceber's review against another edition

4.0

emotional reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

elizabitzer's review against another edition

3.0

lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

bookwormlinnea's review against another edition

3.75

lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

britneyclaire's review against another edition

3.5

fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

ktembie's review against another edition

3.25

medium-paced

espymanning's review against another edition

3.0

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