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A review by nie_fertig
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
4.75
WOW! That was one of the most intense books I've read in a while!! I love a good mystery, so I was hooked from the beginning of the main character, Christopher, finding his neighbor's dog dead. What made me lose my mind was the acceleration of what happens after Christopher finds the truth. I'm also glad I guessed the murderer correctly, but omg I did not guess everything else that was surrounding the murder--the DRAMA!! I literally went :0 the entire time after getting to the climax--it's all insane and despite it all, there's still a happy ending!
I also appreciate and don't appreciate Christopher's narrative. He's autistic and you can clearly read that with his very straightforward narrative, which makes it a pretty easy read. I'm glad some of what he said reminded me of myself or my autistic friends, for example, he wrote out a schedule of his day for what he will do every 30 minutes or so and that's exactly what I did as a kid--schedules are still greatly important to me and they reassure me, just as they do for Christopher. However, there is A LOT of logical and math equations throughout the book and it ALL went over my head because I'm just dumb like that lol.
This is also a very British book as a heads up too lmao. Christopher actually goes off about how he loves Sherlock Holmes, which I think is so funny because how Christopher says he "disconnects his mind from reality" so he doesn't get overwhelmed is so BBC Sherlock. This was written before that crazy show though. Also, someone before me wrote in pencil changes to Christopher's facts about the Hounds of Baskervilles which I love that someone out there is a mega fan of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's work and went "uhm actually" - we're all a little autistic/ADHD fr <3
I also appreciate and don't appreciate Christopher's narrative. He's autistic and you can clearly read that with his very straightforward narrative, which makes it a pretty easy read. I'm glad some of what he said reminded me of myself or my autistic friends, for example, he wrote out a schedule of his day for what he will do every 30 minutes or so and that's exactly what I did as a kid--schedules are still greatly important to me and they reassure me, just as they do for Christopher. However, there is A LOT of logical and math equations throughout the book and it ALL went over my head because I'm just dumb like that lol.
This is also a very British book as a heads up too lmao. Christopher actually goes off about how he loves Sherlock Holmes, which I think is so funny because how Christopher says he "disconnects his mind from reality" so he doesn't get overwhelmed is so BBC Sherlock. This was written before that crazy show though. Also, someone before me wrote in pencil changes to Christopher's facts about the Hounds of Baskervilles which I love that someone out there is a mega fan of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's work and went "uhm actually" - we're all a little autistic/ADHD fr <3
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Vomit, Murder, Abandonment