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A Spot of Bother

Mark Haddon

3.44 AVERAGE

trm's review against another edition

3.0

emotional funny hopeful 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

miffyf's review

4.0

If you're expecting to have a kid -friendly and -focused read, think again. A Spot of Bother is dark with a capital D. Dark themes, dark humour, dark story. Well-written, but very, very different to Haddon's first novel, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nightime.

dgreenster's review against another edition

4.25

emotional funny reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

A jaunty novel that deliberately avoids overstating the melodrama of a range of familial relationship issues and crisis , rather the author chooses to write with sensitivity and dry wit that helped endear the cast of complex and imperfect characters to me . The final section of the book plays out like a farcical stage play and is expertly managed by the authors hand . I found the explicit nature of some of the scenes unnecessary and slightly jarring within the otherwise “ gentle “ tone .

leahharris's review against another edition

4.25

dark emotional funny 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: Yes

rcoveney's review against another edition

4.0

emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

pluviosity's review against another edition

3.0

Aku sudah sering baca buku dengan terjemahan yang menyedihkan; tapi belum pernah ada penerjemah yang sangking parahnya sampai menggunakan footnote untuk kata yang mereka tidak bisa terjemahkan; mungkin si penerjemah kira dia sedang menerjemahkan diktat kuliah.

Selama membaca novel yang ceritanya cukup bagus ini, gak tahan rasanya melihat usaha parah sang penerjemah di catatan kakinya dalam menjelaskan kata-kata seperti beige, overalls, ghetto, kilt, bahkan goblin!!

ugh! somebody kill the translator please....

So far, [a:Mark Haddon|1050|Mark Haddon|http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1190997598p2/1050.jpg] wrote this book with a pretty good pace. A little bit slow at first, but you find yourself enjoying the changing story between the character. From George, to his wife Jean, to his rebel daughter Katie, to his gay son Jamie, back again to George, Katie, Jean, Jamie, and so on with random pattern.

Some part is graphically disturbing for me, but somehow after a few pages I managed to forget it and drawn back to the story pace.

The ending also satisfying, and suits well with the storyline. Every character almost naturally get their own closure for their problem.