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Liked It7 of 8 members found this review helpful “This was a book I never could have known how badly I needed to read until I had finished it. One of the most cathartic and refreshing books I had read in a long time. |
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“A very unusual and interesting premise for a book. The main character is fascinating and teaches the reader about his condition without being maudlin or depressing. The "mystery" element is not very surprising but still adds a nice reason to continue reading.”
The Lighthouse wrote this review 5 hours ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“Even though this is fiction, I recommend this to fellow therapists working with someone with Aspergers Syndrome, it is such an amazingly accurate depiction of what it must be like to live in this world with that way of seeing / interpreting things.”
Jennifer B wrote this review 8 hours ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“Another very interesting book. John and I loved it, Bradley didn't. Ben is reading now.”
Sandy M wrote this review yesterday. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Als Wellington, der Pudel einer Nachbarin, tot in Nachbars Garten liegt, versucht Chrisopher herauszufinden, wer Wellington umgebracht hat. Er macht sich auf die Suche nach dem Mörder, ganz wie sein großes Vorbild Sherlock Holmes. Dabei kommt er einem Geheimnis auf die Spur, die sein eigenes Leben betrifft. Er findet Briefe im Schrank seines Vaters, die von seiner Mutter stammen. Sein Vater hat ihm erzählt, sie sei an einem Herzinfarkt gestorben, doch sie hat beide verlassen und lebt in London. Dann gesteht sein Vater ihm, dass er Wellington nach einem Streit getötet hat. Daraufhin beschließt Christopher, nach London zu gehen und seine Mutter zu suchen. Ein Abenteuer beginnt für ihn, aber er schafft es.
Enednoviel wrote this review yesterday. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
Definitiv mal etwas völlig anderes. Allerdings wäre ich vorsichtig, zu enthusiastisch damit zu sein, endlich einen Einblick zu bekommen, was im Kopf eines Menschen mit Asperger so vorgeht. Es kann immer nur ein Versuch sein, wer kann schon wirklich nachvollziehen, wie solche Menschen denken oder fühlen? Aber ich denke, der Versuch allein ist schon lobenswert, auch wenn man es mit Vorsicht genießen muß.
Ich hatte das Buch relativ schnell durchgelesen, interessante Lektüre für zwischendurch.”
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Stirling Book Group wrote this review 2 days ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
Score 76 out of 100”
“I adored this book. Very interesting insight into the mind of an autistic boy.”
Kellie H wrote this review 2 days ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“Beautifully written and well-crafted narrative about a boy we wouldn't normally read about - an autistic child. This book gives an insight into the genius and the pitfalls of the autistic without being preachy. It functions as a mystery. I'd recommend this book to just about anybody. It is a satisfying read to all: those who like mystery and adventure, those who want to think about the world, and those who want to explore relationsihps. Perhaps this is a book everyone should read.”
Meredith H wrote this review 2 days ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“I just thought this was a fabulous little book. I read the whole thing in one day, and was continually amazed at the amount of feeling and emotion the author was able to pull out of a book whose main character is essentially incapable of complex emotions. It's kind of a mystery novel, kind of an adventure, and kind of an exploration of family and sacrifice in the face of life's many complexities.
Bryan G wrote this review 2 days ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
I recommend this book to anyone and everyone.
My (slightly) longer review: http://bit.ly/5uzMIo”
“Three men, an economist, a logician and a mathematician are on a train to Scotland. They see a brown cow from the window.
Amir wrote this review 3 days ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
Economist: ‘Look, the cows in Scotland are brown.’
Logician: ‘No. There are cows in Scotland of which one, at least, is brown.’
Mathematician: ‘No. There is at least one cow in Scotland, of which one side appears to be brown.’
And that is why, Christopher, the protagonist narrator of “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time” loves math. Christopher is a 15 year old English boy, a math prodigy and genius, and a victim of Asperger’s Syndrome, a mild of form of autism.
Suffering from autism, Christopher lives in a world separate from others. His world is characterized by extreme seclusion. He hates crowds and strangers. He cannot be in a closed room with people or he will be sick. He simply cannot understand human emotions. He never allows his parents to touch his hands. He cannot understand any facial expression except “sad” and “happy”. His most beautiful dream is apocalypse. His world is completely abstract. He adores math. He is a math genius, indeed. Math is his looking glass through which the whole world is reflected. Therefore he loves the truth and cannot understand lies. He hates metaphors because there is no math and truth in them, but he likes similes because they are mathematically possible. If he hears a lie he will feel sick.
One night, Christopher finds his neighbour’s dog killed by a garden fork and he decides to find the murderer. Christopher’s Sherlock Holmes’ adventure leads to the dark realities of his own life: that his mother is not dead, and that his father had lied to him because mother left them “to do sex with another man”. Christopher is sick because he has been lied to. He should leave father because father has lied, and it is not possible to live with someone who has lied. “Father might kill him.” So he leaves their small town to find his mum in London. And so the journey begins. To get to his mum, Christopher needs to pass through everything he hates. Crowds, closed spaces full of people, filled with strangers, strangers with different facial expressions. He cannot get it. His mind cannot solve all this not-Math.
The beauty of the novel is Mark Haddon’s striking ability to write about the inner life of someone suffering from autism. Apart from that, Christopher represents any child who has to deal with the implications of living with a single parent.
“The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time” is a good read. The prose is easy, and the plot is very absorbing. However one weak point it that Haddon, at one point, forces his way into Christopher’s mind and, in a chapter hardly relevant to the events of the plot or to Christopher’s concerns, announces his being an atheist. Another weak point is lack of one epiphanic ending, which could be very suitable for such a well-writ novel.”“Simply Captivating :):):)”
Chaithra Hoode wrote this review 3 days ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
