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The Curious Incident of the Convoluted Plot

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

July 17, 2022 by Travis_J_Smith Leave a Comment

My thoughts on this book are… messy. On one hand, it is refreshing to see a book narrated entirely by a character with ASD. On the other hand, Haddon did not research prior to writing the book, saying “imagination trumps research.” Plus, the novel doesn’t even commit to the diagnosis. There exist many undiagnosed kids and adults, but it felt peculiar in these particular circumstances that Christopher, our narrator, never even has the possibility floated. On one hand, what Christopher puts up on the regular, such as […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: autism, Mark Haddon, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time

Travis_J_Smith's CBR14 Review No:39 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: autism, Mark Haddon, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time ·
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It took me 11 years to finally read it. Worth it.

August 11, 2018 by tillie Leave a Comment

Christopher likes to go walking at nighttime where the world is quiet. There are no people to overwhelm him and he can take his time to see all the things, but one night when he goes out he finds his neighbour’s dog dead, killed with a pitchfork. Christopher likes logic and he likes dogs, so he decides to become a detective and figure out who killed the dog. His father is not pleased by this and forbids Christopher to investigate, but for the first time […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Mystery, Young Adult Tagged With: #CBR10, autism, cbr10bingo, Mark Haddon, Mathildehoeg, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time, YA, Young Adult

tillie's CBR10 Review No:27 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Mystery, Young Adult · Tags: #CBR10, autism, cbr10bingo, Mark Haddon, Mathildehoeg, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time, YA, Young Adult ·
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There was an incident, it was curious (and also at night) and then things really started to get interesting.

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time by Mark Haddon, narrated by Jeff Woodman

April 28, 2016 by faintingviolet 2 Comments

One of the benefits of dragooning your friends into doing the Cannonball Read with you is that they are another great source of book recommendations. I’m not sure when exactly Ale suggested The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time to me, but I have a feeling it was sometime around when she read Marcelo in the Real World last year. Both books feature protagonists with Asperger’s Syndrome, and Ale suggests Marcelo to people who enjoyed Curious Incident. Audible did me a favor […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: Asperger's Syndrome, autism, banned book, banned books, challenged book, jeff woodman, Mark Haddon, Mark Haddon, narrated by Jeff Woodman, read harder challenge, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time

faintingviolet's CBR8 Review No:28 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: Asperger's Syndrome, autism, banned book, banned books, challenged book, jeff woodman, Mark Haddon, Mark Haddon, narrated by Jeff Woodman, read harder challenge, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time ·
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