Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

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

60 reviews

lily_kruse's review against another edition

3.25

challenging emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, Death of parent, Gaslighting

Minor: Bullying, Cursing, Car accident

alomie's review against another edition

4.0

emotional funny hopeful reflective fast-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: Complicated

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Solid book, I liked it a lot. 

I like stories like this, and I listened to the Audio book which really helped immerse me in the story, I had read this one years ago but I had mostly forgotten the story. 

I found Christopher to be a strong main character and I really enjoyed seeing the world through his perspective. It must be really scary to not understand what is going on a lot of the time but also to by hyper intelligent in other ways. 

I like how he used maths to make sense of a world that really doesn't hold much in the way of structure. 
I also enjoyed that it wasn't just a  "they all live happily ever after" ending, it left it open and if felt honest and real. 

Christopher's Parents, I did sympathise with them, however I did think that they were pretty shitty parents overall, and there was a lot of questionable moments, and the losing of tempers turning into violence against a child who is so very much on the spectrum felt uncomfortable, and more so that it was from Christopher's perspective. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Grief, Abandonment

hg_'s review against another edition

5.0

adventurous informative reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal death, Cursing, Blood

Moderate: Death of parent

jmarinaro's review against another edition

5.0

emotional inspiring mysterious fast-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

Graphic: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Cursing

lo0o0o0tte's review against another edition

4.5

emotional hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Really beautifull and relatively lighthearted read that seems to capture the thought process of neurodivergent people (especially kids) quite well. 
Also enjoyed the use of little pictures and diagrams very much it seemed to fit Christopher very well! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Bullying, Cursing

mackennariley's review against another edition

4.0

fast-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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i really enjoyed reading this . i inhaled this book and find it very interesting to look at the world through christophers eyes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood

Moderate: Child abuse, Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Excrement

Minor: Ableism, Blood, Vomit, Alcohol

keramix's review against another edition

3.0

emotional hopeful inspiring 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Cursing

Moderate: Ableism, Child abuse

nerdyllamas's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Cursing, Mental illness

sachikoriddle's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Panic attacks/disorders, Excrement

Moderate: Infidelity

Minor: Ableism, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Vomit

hemdamoses's review against another edition

3.5

dark emotional hopeful informative sad tense medium-paced

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing

Moderate: Animal death