Reviews tagging Physical abuse

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

16 reviews

trippalli's review

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective relaxing tense fast-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

An inspiring story narrated by an autistic teenager as he navigates large challenges and solves a mystery. Clever and respectful, this book pots you in that boys shoes and is a unique book narrator that is both eloquent and engaging.

The trigger warnings are from an autistic perspective so while still can be upsetting these have a uniquely informative perspective, less emotional upset and more logical analysis of situations and disgust at things that trigger the narrator, and there narrator's response to being upset.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Excrement, Vomit, and Animal death

Moderate: Animal death, Eating disorder, Alcohol, Excrement, Mental illness, and Vomit

Minor: Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Police brutality, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Vomit, Animal death, Drug abuse, and Grief

rucha_s's review

emotional funny hopeful informative medium-paced

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

3.75

The best thing about this book was the narration from the POV of a protagonist who is autistic. It made the reading challenging, confusing, frustrating but simultaneously rewarding. Mark Haddon has done a remarkable job of creating one of the most memorable protagonists I've come across and that singular point makes this a dazzling read. 

Now for what I didn't find appealing - That this book is classified as a murder mystery, however, the murderer is revealed at about the 50% mark which was way too soon! Once this reveal occurs, it is all about another subplot, which although in itself is rather interesting, it also kind of takes away the essence of the book being a murder mystery :/ 

Final words - Worth a read simply for the character of Christopher Boone. Also worth noting that the narration is lacking the usual sentence structure and punctuation - that is just to add to the authenticity of the experience, however, some readers might find this off putting. Do skip this book if you're looking for an easy feel good read. While it is feel good, it is certainly not an easy read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Excrement, Animal death, Death of parent, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Physical abuse, Vomit, and Panic attacks/disorders

noahsingh's review

emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

2.0

mixed feelings about this book as someone on the spectrum, definitely related to the main character a lot but the amount of abuse he suffers from his family, which isn't properly condemned imho made me incredibly uncomfortable. yeah, wouldn't reccomend it to other people on the spectrum, definitely found it triggering

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Panic attacks/disorders, Child abuse, Animal cruelty, and Ableism

Moderate: Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Addiction, Abandonment, Police brutality, Infidelity, Gaslighting, and Physical abuse

ageckocalledachilles's review

funny sad fast-paced

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

2.0

I found this book funny and cool when I first read it at 11 years old, but since then I have grown up and come to realise that it wasn't that great.

SPOILERS BEYOND THIS POINT

Christopher is treated with mingled pity and irritation by the author, to the extent that his father is portrayed as 'the reasonable parent' (he hits Christopher at several points. That's literal child abuse.) The portrayal of autism is accurate in places, but in others comes off as stereotyped and poorly researched. In summary, if you're gonna write a book where the adults treat a child like shit, don't imply that it's justified bc their disability is 'just so hard to deal with'.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Panic attacks/disorders, Child abuse, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Terminal illness, and Violence

a_alves00's review

adventurous emotional lighthearted mysterious 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Animal death, Blood, Infidelity, Abandonment, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Murder, Physical abuse, and Cancer

cameronreapereads's review

dark inspiring lighthearted mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse and Violence

Minor: Animal death, Cursing, and Animal cruelty

seaschells's review

adventurous challenging dark sad tense fast-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

2.0

If you read this book, I hope you find it entertaining, well-paced, and interesting, but it is NOT educational. The only things you’ll learn about autism are stereotypes. Additionally, I’d put a trigger warning on it for parental abuse of their kid. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Gaslighting, Child abuse, and Animal death

Moderate: Violence, Toxic relationship, Police brutality, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Excrement, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Abandonment, Vomit, Chronic illness, and Blood

jennay's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

Moderate: Child abuse, Death of parent, and Abandonment

Minor: Physical abuse

kidprezident's review

emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Animal death, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Infidelity

duvet's review

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

Moderate: Physical abuse