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

adventurous emotional informative sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

I mostly enjoyed this book but two things by s really bothered me. The first is minor and personal, I just could not get past the repeated and unnecessary descriptions and comparisons to “poo”. I just found that gross, but I imagine it will not bother the majority of people.

The other thing that bothered me was how
Christopher’s dad killed the dog and how that was handled. The dad treats it like an oops I was just mad but he STABBED A DOG WITH A GARDEN FORK because a woman rejected him.
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