The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Knowing nothing about this book before I read it, within the first couple of pages I thought “Hmmm, my protagonist might be autistic or something.” ... I am both totally ok with and a little ashamed at that thought. The book caters at little to the mainstream autistic stereotype that they're all math prodigy's and though I don't personally know anyone who is autistic (though i've met a few over the years) I know enough to know that they're not all like that. Thing is is when most people think of autism that's the kind of thing they immediately think of, rain man-type people.

Still. It was a really fun story to read.
I used to have a friend who had severe ADD growing up, his family couldn't afford any drugs to treat it but he had a lot of amazing support and people who taught him how to manage himself in order to function in his life and society. Ultimately he grew up better for it because he didn't have a crutch to lean on and learned how to be aware of himself and take the steps he needed to achieve his desired result. I like that the story had those elements in it. Rather than just having symptoms treated the boy had learned how to manage himself and use his own way to deal with new situations and get himself through challenges.

Great book and a fun quick read.