A review by heathercottledillon
The Red House by Mark Haddon

2.0

I picked this one up because I loved Haddon's "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time." "The Red House" just didn't do it for me, though. It lacks the charm and intrigue of "Curious Incident." In that story, I was totally interested and invested in Christopher, the autistic narrator. In this book, I just didn't care about any of the characters. I didn't think they were good people. I like for characters to have flaws, but I also need them to have some redeeming qualities and I didn't find any here. I did like Angela's youngest son, but he's forgettable enough that I can't remember his name. Bottom line: if I don't care about any of the characters, I usually don't care about the book.