Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

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

59 reviews

anachronist's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny inspiring reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Child abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Abandonment

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cursing

dramagirl2003's review against another edition

4.0

challenging medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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i forgot how different this book is to read. it’s good though, but despite the awards for “best children’s book”, it’s not a kids book. YA maybe, but not middle grade.
i really enjoyed the part set in

london

, now i’ve been there it’s so cool to read about stuff i’ve experienced firsthand

thoughts while reading

p61: oh no! what a thing to have said, never expecting it to really come true! i hope christopher hasn’t internalised that

p81: hmm that actually kinda makes sense

p92: sherlock holmes is also a sociopath

p96: this is trippy, christopher was 9 in 1992, and i wasn’t even born for another 11 years

p108: 44 in 1998 makes the dad nearly 70 now

p212: the most impressive part of all this is that toby hasn’t gotten lost yet

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Cancer, Cursing, Death of parent, Abandonment

thegardenlesbian's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous lighthearted reflective relaxing slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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As for the story, it was nice and slow (which I enjoy). The dialog was sometimes annoying with the excessive use of "I/he/she said", but I understand it was on purpose. I didn't like the ending, it felt abrupt.
As for the autism representation, it's fine. I could relate to some things and not others —which is expected, as I'm an autistic adult woman and not a 15 y/o boy, and every autistic person is different. The main character is the classic white-male-savant syndrome type who loves maths (and he doesn't seem to like trains for a change), but I'll give it some grace because it was written by a supposedly allistic author in 2003 who "worked with autistic individuals". So, I don't find it offensive, just meh.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal death

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Cursing, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Self harm, Vomit, Death of parent, Alcohol

aylan1009's review against another edition

4.5

mysterious sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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took me about 100 pages in order for me to realize that the book was coming from an autistic POV. i love it so much though because it was so subtle. i'm autistic myself so i thought he was relatable instead of showing autistic traits.

i give it a 4/5 due to the odd writing style + pacing, but it definitely had me hooked. the book is about a boy named christopher who's trying to figure out who killed his father's friend's/mistress's (i couldn't figure out the relationship) dog. it gets exciting and plot twist-y halfway through the book. it's all through christopher's point of view. the emotions, the logic, the pacing, everything.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood

Moderate: Cursing, Death of parent, Abandonment

Minor: Alcoholism, Animal death, Alcohol

lesliekate's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous challenging sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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It was a good book. But god damn. Nobody has patience, they are all so reckless and swear and don’t respect Christophers boundaries. I‘m so mad for him. Fuck the world.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Violence, Vomit, Abandonment

Moderate: Infidelity

Minor: Police brutality, Alcohol

razorr's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous challenging emotional funny inspiring mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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As an autistic myself, I really enjoyed how well-crafted, realistic, and well-researched the main character felt. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Animal death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment

skurtyka89's review against another edition

2.0

adventurous challenging emotional informative mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I was not a fan of this book. I thought it was going to be a mystery, but not even a 1/4 of the way through the “mystery” was solved and the story turned into a family drama and the incredibly uncomfortable “adventure” a young boy with ASD goes through. It is very uncomfortable to watch this boy end up in horrible, painful, awkward, highly anxious, and distressing situations, completely alone and without a single human being to guide him or comfort him. Majority of the secondary characters are horrible people. I know it’s supposed to be true-to-life, but I feel that the author went really over the top. Where a lot of readers may have found moments funny or lighthearted, I found myself incredibly tensed and cringing. I was very disappointed in this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Grief, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Abandonment

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Cursing, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Self harm, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Stalking

indohyus's review against another edition

4.5

medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I picked this up from the library during Banned Books Week. It was very good, and I quite enjoyed the narration's unwavering commitment to the protagonist's perspective. The book would not be the same without it. Thanks to this choice, as well as the matter-of-fact way the protagonist describes all that is relevant, I found myself empathizing strongly with him. I found many of the behaviors and thought patterns he exhibited are ones that I too experience in some circumstances. I appreciated that this book gave me a window into the perspective of another person who is both very close to and distant from myself, not only learning how he navigates life's complex challenges but also how he sees the biggest and smallest parts of the world-- cars, cows, creation, time, space. This book is written at a suitable level for audiences as young as middle-grade, and beyond serving as a means of empathy, I think this book could be a very useful tool for exploring what a novel can be and learning how to analyze a fictional text that provides a limited perspective. I would very roughly guess that took me 10 hours to read this book from cover to cover. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Animal death, Infidelity, Violence, Excrement, Vomit

Minor: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

nakole's review against another edition

3.5

informative lighthearted reflective relaxing slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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

𝒪𝓋𝑒𝓇𝒶𝓁𝓁: 3.5/5

𝒜 𝐹𝒶𝓋𝑜𝓇𝒾𝓉𝑒 𝒬𝓊𝑜𝓉𝑒: “And I know I can do this because I went to London on my own. And because I solved the mystery of who killed Wellington. And I found my mother. And I was brave. And I wrote a book. And that means I can do anything.”

𝒯𝓇𝒾𝑔𝑔𝑒𝓇 𝒲𝒶𝓇𝓃𝒾𝓃𝑔𝓈: Animal death; ableism; panic attacks/disorders; infidelity; cursing; toxic relationships 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Animal death, Cursing, Toxic relationship

Minor: Infidelity

rhinobeetle's review against another edition

4.0

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Cursing, Infidelity, Death of parent