Reviews tagging 'Panic attacks/disorders'

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

85 reviews

mistystar's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious sad medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death

Minor: Ableism, Blood, Vomit, and Death of parent

mary_do_12's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring reflective relaxing medium-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

5.0

„I think prime numbers are like life. They are very logical but you could never work out the rules, even if you spent all your time thinking about them.“

If you keep in mind that I had to read this for school, my five star rating is almost world changing. But here we are, and I really honestly enjoyed this book. I really like how the author managed to explain Christopher’s thoughts to the reader so that they seemed logical. I feel like now when I might meet people that are similar to Christopher, maybe I can understand them a little better. I love reading books that teach me something new or give me insight on a character with experiences totally different from mine. That is one of the reasons why I enjoyed this book so much. The messiness that mirrored Christopher’s thoughts and the math problems that I did not understand but that were still an important part are some of the things that make this books so genius. Thanks for writing this and for giving me the chance to expand my horizon.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death and Vomit

Minor: Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

sarabookshelf's review against another edition

emotional informative

3.25

I finished this book a few days ago and I am still not sure how I feel about it. It provided some interesting insights into being on the spectrum, but the story didn't quite hit the mark for me. The chapters didn't flow, the story didn't have a clear and satisfactory ending, the relationships and people were quite frustrating. I don't know, maybe that was the whole point. It wasn't bad, but it just wasn't what I expected. Oh and don't be fooled by the reviews that say this is a funny book or a childrens' book, I absolutely wouldn't classify it as either of those, as it deals with some quite heavy and difficult topics. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, and Panic attacks/disorders

stories's review against another edition

adventurous emotional informative inspiring tense medium-paced

4.0

Reread for the first time since highschool. It’s fascinating what I remembered

eg who killed Wellington

and what I didn’t

eg everything surrounding Mother

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It is very much still well written - captures an autistic voice so clearly and is highly engaging. 

Swearing and family relations make it imo inappropriate for primary. Particularly

Christopher’s father

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Not my taste, but a solid novel. I’m struck, as I believe I was as a kid, primarily by the sheer, overwhelming bravery of Christopher. Definitely a theme to unpack, alongside truth/honesty and conflict/order.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Cursing

Moderate: Ableism, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Excrement, and Vomit

Minor: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Child abuse, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

kateausten's review against another edition

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death

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

Minor: Physical abuse, Death of parent, and Alcohol

technoblade's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.75

This book is not fucking funny if you rated it funny you are only saying that cause he is autistic . This was intensely sad 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

emey_reading07's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted sad medium-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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

Moderate: Ableism, Child abuse, and Panic attacks/disorders

sarahkinney's review against another edition

emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

3.75

While in 2003, the book was praised for autistic representation - the author's claim that he did not research the topic while writing the book is apparent while reading. Despite this, the book is an easy read, with a unique writing style and the twist is presented excellently. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Alcohol

teaofleaves's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

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

Minor: Vomit

morbookish's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Emotional abuse, and Panic attacks/disorders