Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

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

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nakole's review against another edition

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

3.5

๐“ฃ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ ๐“’๐“พ๐“ป๐“ฒ๐“ธ๐“พ๐“ผ ๐“˜๐“ท๐“ฌ๐“ฒ๐“ญ๐“ฎ๐“ท๐“ฝ ๐“ธ๐“ฏ ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ ๐““๐“ธ๐“ฐ ๐“ฒ๐“ท ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ ๐“๐“ฒ๐“ฐ๐“ฑ๐“ฝ-๐“ฃ๐“ฒ๐“ถ๐“ฎ
Mark Haddon
Mystery

๐’ช๐“‹๐‘’๐“‡๐’ถ๐“๐“: 3.5/5

๐’œ ๐น๐’ถ๐“‹๐‘œ๐“‡๐’พ๐“‰๐‘’ ๐’ฌ๐“Š๐‘œ๐“‰๐‘’: โ€œAnd I know I can do this because I went to London on my own. And because I solved the mystery of who killed Wellington. And I found my mother. And I was brave. And I wrote a book. And that means I can do anything.โ€

๐’ฏ๐“‡๐’พ๐‘”๐‘”๐‘’๐“‡ ๐’ฒ๐’ถ๐“‡๐“ƒ๐’พ๐“ƒ๐‘”๐“ˆ: Animal death; ableism; panic attacks/disorders; infidelity; cursing; toxic relationships 

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buzzinfly's review against another edition

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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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valentina_legge's review against another edition

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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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rhinobeatle's review against another edition

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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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blankaurban's review against another edition

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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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meliacartin's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-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

4.25


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ajay913's review against another edition

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emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-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? Yes

5.0


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itsatyepo's review against another edition

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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 โ€œimagination trumps researchโ€ in response when asked if he did any research on autism. 

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milie529's review against another edition

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emotional reflective slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0


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nixtrixz's review against another edition

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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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