Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

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

60 reviews

stories's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous emotional informative inspiring tense medium-paced

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Reread for the first time since highschool. It’s fascinating what I remembered

eg who killed Wellington

and what I didn’t

eg everything surrounding Mother

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It is very much still well written - captures an autistic voice so clearly and is highly engaging. 

Swearing and family relations make it imo inappropriate for primary. Particularly

Christopher’s father

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Not my taste, but a solid novel. I’m struck, as I believe I was as a kid, primarily by the sheer, overwhelming bravery of Christopher. Definitely a theme to unpack, alongside truth/honesty and conflict/order.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Cursing

Moderate: Ableism, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Excrement, Vomit

Minor: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Child abuse, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

kateausten's review against another edition

3.0

medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death

Moderate: Ableism, Child abuse, Cursing, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Excrement

Minor: Physical abuse, Death of parent, Alcohol

sarahkinney's review against another edition

3.75

emotional mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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While in 2003, the book was praised for autistic representation - the author's claim that he did not research the topic while writing the book is apparent while reading. Despite this, the book is an easy read, with a unique writing style and the twist is presented excellently. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment, Alcohol

king_yrcanos's review against another edition

5.0

funny mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Cursing, Vomit

joymia24's review against another edition

4.0

mysterious reflective

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

Moderate: Cursing, Death of parent

Minor: Emotional abuse

jfield351's review against another edition

3.0

challenging lighthearted reflective 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: Yes

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It was okay. Interesting to get inside Christopher’s mind and see the world as he sees it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Vomit

Moderate: Bullying, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder

Minor: Animal death, Infidelity, Grief, Death of parent

i found certain parts disgusting like how he cleaned his hands with spit that made me uncomfortable

cameronreapereads's review against another edition

5.0

dark inspiring lighthearted mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Violence

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cursing

heatherbyanyothername's review against another edition

0.25

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Offensive and misrepresentative of the autism spectrum. In a 2009 blog post, author Mark Haddon wrote, “i know very little about the subject. i did no research for curious incident,” and that he regrets the mention of  Asperger’s in the blurb/on the cover. It is a travesty to the neurodivergent community that this novel is among the most widely recognized/renowned “examples” of autism in literature. As an #actuallyautistic adult, this was PAINFUL to read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism

Moderate: Animal death, Cursing, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Child abuse, Vomit

The .25 star was because Christopher gets his own dog at the very end.

bookhoarderbea's review against another edition

1.0

medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death

Moderate: Child abuse, Cursing, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Mental illness, Vomit

white_tea_beluga's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous emotional informative inspiring medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: N/A

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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The book was really nice. There were certainly times were I felt for the side characters who had to take care of Christopher and sometimes there were times that I felt for Christopher himself. I could say that in some ways it was a conflicting book because no side you choose is the right answer and you can't find a satisfactory answer to the question 'what would I do if I was in that situation?'. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment

Minor: Alcoholism, Bullying, Cancer, Vomit, Dementia, Alcohol