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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
by Mark Haddon
*4.5 stars*
This book's unique narrative voice is strong and permeates the story in every sense of the word. I generally prefer a little bit more plot happening in the present tense (plot that excludes retelling events of the past) but that may be the source from which this book pulls some of its beauty. It is a magnified exploration of daily life and of the depths of all sorts of relationship dynamics. This doesn’t come without a negative side. I did feel like the lack of things happening in general caused it to lose much of its pull during the second half of the book. The ending was a bit anticlimactic as well. My main anchor to stay interested was the perspective, as opposed to the story. However, Haddon does such a good job of packing emotion into the book that I can't imagine someone DNFing it simply because of the lack of action (I'm sure at least one or two people in this world have, though :/).
Any technical issues hardly detracted from the overall experience, and this was still an extremely worthwhile read.
Even though the dog dies.
This book's unique narrative voice is strong and permeates the story in every sense of the word. I generally prefer a little bit more plot happening in the present tense (plot that excludes retelling events of the past) but that may be the source from which this book pulls some of its beauty. It is a magnified exploration of daily life and of the depths of all sorts of relationship dynamics. This doesn’t come without a negative side. I did feel like the lack of things happening in general caused it to lose much of its pull during the second half of the book. The ending was a bit anticlimactic as well. My main anchor to stay interested was the perspective, as opposed to the story. However, Haddon does such a good job of packing emotion into the book that I can't imagine someone DNFing it simply because of the lack of action (I'm sure at least one or two people in this world have, though :/).
Any technical issues hardly detracted from the overall experience, and this was still an extremely worthwhile read.
Even though the dog dies.