Reviews tagging 'Infidelity'

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

48 reviews

purple_librarian's review against another edition

adventurous informative reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.75

This book made me very sad. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Excrement, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, and Vomit

mermaidstears's review against another edition

adventurous challenging funny informative reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.0

it was nice to read a book with an autistic main character and attempting to understand how they work and perceive the world. It was a good book with interesting views. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Infidelity, Excrement, Animal death, Death of parent, Murder, Vomit, and Violence

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

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

Minor: Alcohol, Sexual content, Vomit, and Abandonment

maizerbeam_16's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious relaxing 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

Moderate: Ableism

Minor: Infidelity, Emotional abuse, and Vomit

thewellbitch's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death and Ableism

Minor: Infidelity

odetojersey's review against another edition

mysterious tense 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Mental illness

Moderate: Death of parent and Infidelity

Minor: Vomit

kaylamoran's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

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

3.0

I'm genuinely torn on this book.  As far as enjoyment, I loved it.  But I don't think I can give it more than a 3 or recommend it because it just felt like a collection of autistic stereotypes clumsily thrown together.  Not that any of the behaviours are necessarily inaccurate, but I'm tired of how autism is only ever portrayed one way, we aren't all like Sheldon Cooper or Rainman.  We need different portrayals too.  

Also, I'm a bit alarmed by how many reviews describe Christopher as high functioning.  It's not the functioning labels that bother me, I only recently learned they were problematic myself.  It's the fact that Christopher clearly has very high support needs, and the fact that he's being considered high functioning reminds me of how autistics who are good at masking aren't believed.  If this is what's considered high functioning, we need more of an understanding of what autism is.

And I blame no one for that (if you wrote that in a review I totally get it, and I'm not upset and I don't think you did anything offensive).  Because it's BECAUSE this is the only portrayal we get that that causes the lack of understanding, it's not the reader's fault at all.  The lack of societal understanding of autism is largely due to this.

So yeah.  Portrayals like this are the reason I hear stuff like "you can't be autistic, you're too good at reading emotions" or "you're sarcastic" or "you're too pretty" or "girls aren't autistic."  And I guess it's not the books fault either, because it's a valid experience of autism and some people do fit this description.  I guess I just wish it wasn't the only one we saw.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Ableism

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Cursing, Gaslighting, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Infidelity and Physical abuse

sarabookshelf's review against another edition

emotional informative

3.25

I finished this book a few days ago and I am still not sure how I feel about it. It provided some interesting insights into being on the spectrum, but the story didn't quite hit the mark for me. The chapters didn't flow, the story didn't have a clear and satisfactory ending, the relationships and people were quite frustrating. I don't know, maybe that was the whole point. It wasn't bad, but it just wasn't what I expected. Oh and don't be fooled by the reviews that say this is a funny book or a childrens' book, I absolutely wouldn't classify it as either of those, as it deals with some quite heavy and difficult topics. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Animal cruelty, Infidelity, Animal death, and Panic attacks/disorders

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

Spoiler

eg who killed Wellington

and what I didn’t

Spoiler

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

Spoiler

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: Excrement, Ableism, Vomit, Infidelity, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Bullying, Death of parent, Grief, Animal cruelty, Alcohol, Blood, and Child abuse

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: Child abuse, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Excrement, Ableism, and Cursing

Minor: Physical abuse, Death of parent, and Alcohol