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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
60 reviews
Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Cursing, Infidelity, Death of parent
It was really interesting to see what the inside of a person's head with autism looks like. It helps you understand a lot of things about how different everyone is and how that can affect their life and their mind. In Christopher's case it was fascinating to read about how easily he could de-attach himself emotionally from almost any situation. He also had an extreme ability to focus on something for hours in some cases, going into a sort of "trance".
When we got to the biggest reveal and the turning point in the book, I audibly gasped. Maybe I could have guessed it, but it's probably better that I didn't. The fact that there were so many messed-up things in this book made it all the more interesting, which may sound bad, but it is true.
The writing style was simple, yet it had some great quotes in it and it portrayed a 15-year-old's level of writing. It was basic, but you could still understand exactly what the writer meant at all times.
This book was a great read (especially for a debut novel) and I would recommend it to any age group!
I think prime numbers are like life. They are very logical but you could never work out the rules, even if you spent all your time thinking about them.
Graphic: Ableism, Animal death, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood
Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Infidelity, Death of parent
Minor: Cursing, Drug use
Graphic: Ableism, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Abandonment
Moderate: Cursing, Eating disorder, Police brutality
Minor: Sexual content, Excrement, Vomit
Graphic: Animal death
Moderate: Cursing, Death, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, Death of parent, Abandonment
Minor: Animal cruelty, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Alcohol
Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Vomit, Police brutality, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol
Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Excrement
Moderate: Ableism, Alcoholism, Animal death, Violence, Vomit, Alcohol
Minor: Mental illness, Police brutality, Dementia, Death of parent, Abandonment
Moderate: Cursing
Minor: Animal death
Graphic: Animal death, Excrement, Vomit
Moderate: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Cursing, Gore, Infidelity, Grief, Alcohol
Minor: Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Police brutality, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Graphic: Animal death
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Violence, Blood, Excrement
Minor: Ableism, Cancer, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicide, Medical content, Dementia, Murder, Alcohol
If you have no experience with autism and would like an insight into what that might look like (which I think everyone should) this will probably be a very eye-opening book and I’d absolutely recommend it. But if you’re already familiar with autism, I guess it doesn’t make that much of an impact - hence why I don’t find it as mind-blowing to read now as when I was younger and probably didn’t know as much. The story in itself is actually quite tragic and other than the plot twist, it’s all rather predictable - so the score ends up somewhere in the middle for me.
Graphic: Animal death
Moderate: Ableism, Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Abandonment