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

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evefaith's review

emotional lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

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

4.5

Really interesting to read a book from the perspective of a child with autism. It was really thought provoking and was an enjoyable mystery too with an exciting twist! Almost 5 stars for me but I would have preferred more twists and I found some bits a little repetitive. I listened to this on audio and thought the narration from a young boy really added to the story, would highly recommend.

finn_the_sheep's review against another edition

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adventurous funny informative relaxing slow-paced

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

1.5

es_xo's review against another edition

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adventurous fast-paced

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

4.25

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5.0

Come chapter 3 you'll feel something in the part of your body between your chin and your lower ribs. Is it pain? Do you want to cry? whatever it is, the feeling will haunt you through out the book.
The book ends and there's no relief, but you'll feel grounded, you'll feel assured. Of what you won't be able to describe. You'll want to read the book at leisure time because it hypnotizes and destroys everything but the voice of Christopher Boone. You'll probably forget to eat, you'll be comfortable being thirsty than to pull away from the book to have a sip of water.
They say this book is innovative and intelligent, but seldom do they refer to its humanity, or its sense of humanity. It challenges your sense of humanity if you really think about it. Selfishness or sacrifice, what makes you more human? And they say its very different from what a book should be, but it's really this book that's really like a book, it's the other books that are different (Badly different) from a book is supposed to be.
It changes you, what else can you ask of a book.

If you hate this, I won't like you and I'll hit you if you touch me.