Reviews tagging 'Animal cruelty'

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

86 reviews

lucyrudd's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring tense 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, and Abandonment

buzzinfly's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cursing, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Sexual content, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Confinement

valentina_legge's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Excrement

rhinobeatle's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Cursing, Infidelity, and Death of parent

hiimizzy's review against another edition

It wasnt what I thought furthermore the "Bosnian" kicked the dog and the guy didnt ditch him 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

itsatyepo's review against another edition

dark informative slow-paced

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

0.5

A shocking representation of autistic people by a writer who said that “imagination trumps research” in response when asked if he did any research on autism. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Vomit, Police brutality, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

nixtrixz's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, and Death of parent

Minor: Child abuse

paigerini's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.0

I read this for class recently. I was told it was the first of its kind: a book from the perspective of an autistic teenager.

My  MAJOR gripe with this novel is how Christopher is portrayed. I understand that he is (implied) on the autism spectrum, but his combination of traits/characteristics seemed almost too stereotypical that I was pulled out of the story. I did some research, and the author only used anecdotal evidence for Christopher's character and did no research on autism itself. I feel like the author wrote this book in a way to make the audience pity the people in Christopher's life, even though they do not have any idea how to interact with him properly. As a neurodivergent person, I cringed at how some sections vilified Christopher for things he has a hard time controlling. I understand that is part of the conflict and plot of the book, but I feel that the autism representation could've been handled better.

When it comes to the story, however, it was decent. The plot was compelling enough for me to fly through the latter half. Overall, an okay read.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Child abuse

Minor: Vomit

vanessatombolini's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective fast-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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Excrement, and Vomit

Moderate: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Cursing, Gore, Infidelity, Grief, and Alcohol

Minor: Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Police brutality, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

gellyreads's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative medium-paced

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

3.0

This is okay. I like what it's trying to do, but I feel like the way Christopher talks doesn't seem accurate for a 15 year old? He seems too young? I know he's neurodivergent, but there's plenty of people how are who don't seem so young? IDK. It just didn't sit right with me. That and the dad being... too much.

Why did he kill the fucking dog? I have no idea. That seems more unhinged than just lying about the wife you are trying to divorce being dead to me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Grief, and Abandonment