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Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
73 reviews
saritaadam's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Blood, Mental illness, Excrement, Vomit, Ableism, and Animal death
Moderate: Alcohol, Bullying, and Child abuse
balfies's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Vomit, Violence, Child abuse, Animal death, and Ableism
trintrin's review against another edition
- 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
The only thing that bothered me a little is that this stopped being a murder mystery pretty early on, but thatโs got to do with the way this book is marketed igย
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Panic attacks/disorders
Moderate: Death of parent, Alcohol, Child abuse, Infidelity, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Cursing, Vomit, Blood, and Excrement
snrkville's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
A story about an abused child acting out his trauma and receiving no real sympathy or protection from anyone, ultimately being forced to rely on his abusers for support after they face no consequences whatsoever for heinous and illegal acts of child abuse. And worst of all they are portrayed sympathetically. Itโs no wonder that toxic organizations like Autism Speaks endorse it - it reflects the self-pitying attitude of parents who cannot accept their childrenโs differences because theyโre too busy crying over the perfect family they imagine theyโd have with a neurotypical child instead of accepting them as they are and providing a safe and loving environment. I donโt think the author even thought that deeply about the story he was writing, to be honest. Yet another stereotypical story about a math genius egotistical autistic kid who feels nothing for anyone, which is completely unrooted in the reality of autistic experience. Not to mention the sadly lacking mystery that the title advertised.
I am sad to learn that middle schoolers are required to read it instead of a story that engages neurodiversity with compassion and knowledge.
Graphic: Violence, Child abuse, and Ableism
Moderate: Animal death
victoriawl93's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Animal death
Minor: Child abuse and Infidelity
henriediosa's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Gaslighting, Child abuse, and Ableism
Moderate: Alcoholism
Minor: Vomit
chronicallydepressedbudgerigar's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
Graphic: Child abuse, Gaslighting, Animal death, Ableism, Excrement, and Medical content
Extremely offensive to autistic people, anyone who might be classed as neurodiverse and/or intellectually disabled.avaafran's review against another edition
- 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
Moderate: Infidelity, Alcohol, Vomit, Child abuse, Ableism, Animal death, and Animal cruelty
rieriereads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
๐ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐จ๐ด. ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ข๐ญ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ด ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ข ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐จ ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ. ๐๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ด. ๐๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐บ, ๐ด๐ข๐ฅ, ๐ค๐ณ๐ฐ๐ด๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ. ๐๐ญ๐ด๐ฐ, ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐จ๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ข๐ช๐ต๐ฉ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ต๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ.
๐๐๐ ๐ฒ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ธ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ณ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ฝ๐๐๐๐-๐๐๐๐ was a quirky, fun, emotional, and overall good read. The book starts off with 15-year-old Christopher, who has autism, finding out that the neighborhood dog, Wellington, was killed.
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Listening to the audiobook, it felt like the book was divided into two parts: a murder mystery and an emotional story of growth and family. Two distinct opposites that some may see as okay and others may disagree with. I'm in the middle.
ย
In the first part, as Christopher acts like a detective, we can see that he sees things and people differently. He understands things differently and notices details not many would even give a thought to. And I love how, while listening to the audiobook version, it feels like I am by his side.
ย
Most of the characters were likable, and I definitely loved how Ed's, Christopher's father's, feelings and frustration were shown. Though I may not agree with some things he has done, his emotions were raw and honest.
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Aside from Christopher's perspective and how he sees and understands the world, I also loved the way his parents say I love you to him. The gesture was sweet; it was my favorite detail of the novel. I also really liked the prime-numbered chapters, and it was a novel within a novel.
ย
Unfortunately, even though the book was narrated beautifully, I found some parts tedious to listen to. A part of me wanted something else to happen since the plot for me was predictable. Overall, it was still a good book. I wouldn't probably read it again, but I would still maybe recommend it to those willing to try it.
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My Rating System
5 ๐ - Life changing, a new favorite read
4 โญ - I loved it
3 โญ - I liked itย
2 โญ - It was okay
1 โญ - I hated it but decided toย not dnf
Graphic: Animal death, Cursing, and Panic attacks/disorders
Moderate: Child abuse
Minor: Vomit
katlouisee's review against another edition
Graphic: Animal death
Moderate: Ableism
Minor: Child abuse