Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

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

33 reviews

saritaadam's review against another edition

adventurous emotional fast-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal death, Mental illness, Blood, Excrement, and Vomit

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, and Alcohol

trintrin's review against another edition

dark emotional informative inspiring mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

omg I’m actually teary after finishing this book. It’s both heartbreaking and heartwarming at the same time. Christopher was such a delight to follow, I loved reading all his little theories and observations, especially in the first half. But the second half, oh man

I never expected this to get so sad. That scene of him reading all those letters from his mother broke my heart. And the entire London tube scenes shittttt I can’t fully formulate an opinion on his parents but I hope their family finds a way to heal and cope. And that Christopher truly fulfils his dreams and lives happily ever after.

The only thing that bothered me a little is that this stopped being a murder mystery pretty early on, but that’s got to do with the way this book is marketed ig 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Child abuse, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Minor: Cursing, Blood, Excrement, and Vomit

lana_reads98's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring reflective 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Vomit, and Alcohol

Moderate: Physical abuse, Police brutality, and Death of parent

avaafran's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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

Moderate: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Infidelity, Vomit, and Alcohol

chrisljm's review against another edition

fast-paced

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

3.0

not a mystery, just mostly about how shitty christopher’s parents are 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Violence, Excrement, and Murder

Moderate: Ableism, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Blood, and Death of parent

Minor: Sexual content, Vomit, Abandonment, and Alcohol

samburkhouse's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted medium-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Abandonment

Moderate: Animal death and Violence

Minor: Alcohol

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

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