Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

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

38 reviews

king_yrcanos's review against another edition

funny mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Vomit and Cursing

joymia24's review against another edition

mysterious reflective

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

Moderate: Cursing and Death of parent

Minor: Emotional abuse

jfield351's review against another edition

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

3.0

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: Vomit and Cursing

Moderate: Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, and Bullying

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

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

cameronreapereads's review against another edition

dark inspiring lighthearted mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse and Violence

Minor: Animal death, Cursing, and Animal cruelty

heatherbyanyothername's review against another edition

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

0.25

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

Minor: Vomit and Child abuse

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

bookhoarderbea's review

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal death, and Animal cruelty

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

Minor: Vomit and Mental illness

white_tea_beluga's review against another edition

adventurous emotional informative inspiring medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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

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

elephant_mouse's review against another edition

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Ableism, Alcohol, Cursing, Domestic abuse, and Cancer

lily_kruse's review against another edition

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Death

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

Minor: Cursing, Bullying, and Car accident

alomie's review against another edition

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? It's complicated

4.0

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