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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
60 reviews
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism, Animal death, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Excrement, Vomit, Abandonment
Moderate: Body horror, Bullying, Confinement, Drug use, Infidelity, Sexual content, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol
Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Drug abuse, Self harm, Police brutality, Dementia, Kidnapping, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
It took a while to get going but once the plot really began, I really enjoyed it. Age 14+
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Terminal illness
Moderate: Cursing, Death
People have GOT to stop recommending this as good autism representation (unless we're comparing how far representation of autistic characters have come since this book was published). Especially because the author didn't intend for the protagonist to be autistic and just latched onto the idea later on.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cursing
Moderate: Child abuse, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Excrement
Minor: Vomit
dark
emotional
informative
inspiring
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
omg Iโm actually teary after finishing this book. Itโs both heartbreaking and heartwarming at the same time. Christopher was such a delight to follow, I loved reading all his little theories and observations, especially in the first half. But the second half, oh man I never expected this to get so sad. That scene of him reading all those letters from his mother broke my heart. And the entire London tube scenes shittttt I canโt fully formulate an opinion on his parents but I hope their family finds a way to heal and cope. And that Christopher truly fulfils his dreams and lives happily ever after.
The only thing that bothered me a little is that this stopped being a murder mystery pretty early on, but thatโs got to do with the way this book is marketed ig
The only thing that bothered me a little is that this stopped being a murder mystery pretty early on, but thatโs got to do with the way this book is marketed ig
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Panic attacks/disorders
Moderate: Child abuse, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Alcohol
Minor: Cursing, Blood, Excrement, Vomit
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cursing
Moderate: Animal death, Infidelity
Minor: Vomit
dark
inspiring
reflective
fast-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
Not sure if the autism representation in this is very good, but it was a quick read
Content Warnings
Moderate: Animal death, Violence
Minor: Cursing, Car accident
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
mysterious
sad
medium-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
๐ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐จ๐ด. ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ข๐ญ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ด ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ข ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐จ ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ. ๐๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ด. ๐๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐บ, ๐ด๐ข๐ฅ, ๐ค๐ณ๐ฐ๐ด๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ. ๐๐ญ๐ด๐ฐ, ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐จ๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ข๐ช๐ต๐ฉ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ต๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ.
๐๐๐ ๐ฒ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ธ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ณ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ฝ๐๐๐๐-๐๐๐๐ was a quirky, fun, emotional, and overall good read. The book starts off with 15-year-old Christopher, who has autism, finding out that the neighborhood dog, Wellington, was killed.
Listening to the audiobook, it felt like the book was divided into two parts: a murder mystery and an emotional story of growth and family. Two distinct opposites that some may see as okay and others may disagree with. I'm in the middle.
In the first part, as Christopher acts like a detective, we can see that he sees things and people differently. He understands certain situations differently and notices details not many would even give a thought to. And I love how, while listening to the audiobook version, it feels like I am by his side.
Most of the characters were likable, and I definitely loved how Ed's, Christopher's father, feelings and frustration were shown. Though I may not agree with some things he has done, his emotions were raw and honest.
Aside from Christopher's perspective and how he sees and understands the world, I also loved the way his parents say I love you to him. The gesture was sweet; it was my favorite detail of the novel. I also really liked the prime-numbered chapters, and it was a novel within a novel.
Unfortunately, even though the book was narrated beautifully, I found some parts tedious to listen to. A part of me wanted something else to happen since the plot for me was predictable. Overall, it was still a good book. I wouldn't probably read it again, but I would still maybe recommend it to those willing to try it.
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My Rating System
5 ๐ - Life changing, a new favorite read
4 โญ - I loved it
3 โญ - I liked it
2 โญ - It was okay
1 โญ - I hated it but decided to not dnf
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders
Moderate: Child abuse
Minor: Vomit
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
It was really hard for me to finish this book. It made me feel scatterbrained.
Also, I hope children are not reading this book for school. There are too many curse words in it. This is not something I would want my child reading.
Also, I hope children are not reading this book for school. There are too many curse words in it. This is not something I would want my child reading.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cursing
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
not a mystery, just mostly about how shitty christopherโs parents are
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Violence, Excrement, Murder
Moderate: Ableism, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Blood, Death of parent
Minor: Sexual content, Vomit, Abandonment, Alcohol
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I'm genuinely torn on this book. As far as enjoyment, I loved it. But I don't think I can give it more than a 3 or recommend it because it just felt like a collection of autistic stereotypes clumsily thrown together. Not that any of the behaviours are necessarily inaccurate, but I'm tired of how autism is only ever portrayed one way, we aren't all like Sheldon Cooper or Rainman. We need different portrayals too.
Also, I'm a bit alarmed by how many reviews describe Christopher as high functioning. It's not the functioning labels that bother me, I only recently learned they were problematic myself. It's the fact that Christopher clearly has very high support needs, and the fact that he's being considered high functioning reminds me of how autistics who are good at masking aren't believed. If this is what's considered high functioning, we need more of an understanding of what autism is.
And I blame no one for that (if you wrote that in a review I totally get it, and I'm not upset and I don't think you did anything offensive). Because it's BECAUSE this is the only portrayal we get that that causes the lack of understanding, it's not the reader's fault at all. The lack of societal understanding of autism is largely due to this.
So yeah. Portrayals like this are the reason I hear stuff like "you can't be autistic, you're too good at reading emotions" or "you're sarcastic" or "you're too pretty" or "girls aren't autistic." And I guess it's not the books fault either, because it's a valid experience of autism and some people do fit this description. I guess I just wish it wasn't the only one we saw.
Also, I'm a bit alarmed by how many reviews describe Christopher as high functioning. It's not the functioning labels that bother me, I only recently learned they were problematic myself. It's the fact that Christopher clearly has very high support needs, and the fact that he's being considered high functioning reminds me of how autistics who are good at masking aren't believed. If this is what's considered high functioning, we need more of an understanding of what autism is.
And I blame no one for that (if you wrote that in a review I totally get it, and I'm not upset and I don't think you did anything offensive). Because it's BECAUSE this is the only portrayal we get that that causes the lack of understanding, it's not the reader's fault at all. The lack of societal understanding of autism is largely due to this.
So yeah. Portrayals like this are the reason I hear stuff like "you can't be autistic, you're too good at reading emotions" or "you're sarcastic" or "you're too pretty" or "girls aren't autistic." And I guess it's not the books fault either, because it's a valid experience of autism and some people do fit this description. I guess I just wish it wasn't the only one we saw.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death
Moderate: Cursing, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Gaslighting
Minor: Infidelity, Physical abuse