Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

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

12 reviews

blankaurban's review against another edition

informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

This book was unlike anything I've read before. 

It was really interesting to see what the inside of a person's head with autism looks like. It helps you understand a lot of things about how different everyone is and how that can affect their life and their mind. In Christopher's case it was fascinating to read about how easily he could de-attach himself emotionally from almost any situation. He also had an extreme ability to focus on something for hours in some cases, going into a sort of "trance".

When we got to the biggest reveal and the turning point in the book, I audibly gasped. Maybe I could have guessed it, but it's probably better that I didn't. The fact that there were so many messed-up things in this book made it all the more interesting, which may sound bad, but it is true.

The writing style was simple, yet it had some great quotes in it and it portrayed a 15-year-old's level of writing. It was basic, but you could still understand exactly what the writer meant at all times.

This book was a great read (especially for a debut novel) and I would recommend it to any age group!

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.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal death, Panic attacks/disorders, and Blood

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Infidelity, and Death of parent

Minor: Cursing and Drug use

pam_simpson06's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious sad fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, and Excrement

Moderate: Ableism, Alcoholism, Animal death, Violence, Vomit, and Alcohol

Minor: Mental illness, Police brutality, Dementia, Death of parent, and Abandonment

reddeddy's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal death, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Excrement, Vomit, and Abandonment

Moderate: Body horror, Bullying, Confinement, Drug use, Infidelity, Sexual content, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, and Alcohol

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Drug abuse, Self harm, Police brutality, Dementia, Kidnapping, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

henriediosa's review against another edition

challenging mysterious sad medium-paced

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

1.0

I'm neurodivergent. I really wanted this book to be good, but it ended up disappointing me. It's a shame because I like Christopher's character traits. He is an interesting character. But I wish he had different parents. I wish he had a different author.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Child abuse, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Alcoholism

Minor: Vomit

daybreakreads's review against another edition

funny hopeful lighthearted reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.0

I would describe it as “cute”. I listened to the audiobook, but I know the physical book has illustrations that might have made it more endearing. I was looking for something similar to The Maid by Nita Prose or Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine in the sense that I love socially awkward narrators. In comparison, the narrator here feels much less well-rounded and developed and more of a stereotype of autism rather than a real person. It was still cute and endearing, but it was hard to feel real connection or empathy to a one-sided character. There isn’t a lot of plot; it’s mainly focused on showing how the narrator sees the world and interacts with it so much differently than the rest of us. It’s just hard to enjoy that kind of book when the narrator is hard to love. Ending was a bit cute but that’s it really.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Mental illness

Minor: Ableism, Alcoholism, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

risemini's review against another edition

funny informative lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Alcoholism, Animal death, Death, Blood, Dementia, Death of parent, and Alcohol

readsbyak's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted sad fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism and Animal death

autumns_bookshelf's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism and Animal death

Moderate: Alcoholism

Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis

white_tea_beluga's review against another edition

adventurous emotional informative inspiring medium-paced

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

4.5

The book was really nice. There were certainly times were I felt for the side characters who had to take care of Christopher and sometimes there were times that I felt for Christopher himself. I could say that in some ways it was a conflicting book because no side you choose is the right answer and you can't find a satisfactory answer to the question 'what would I do if I was in that situation?'. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

Minor: Alcoholism, Bullying, Cancer, Vomit, Dementia, and Alcohol

lily_kruse's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Death

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

Minor: Bullying, Cursing, and Car accident