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.

This was really not the book for me. It's not something I would ever pick out for myself and I knew that going into it.

My biggest gripes for this book are the writing style and the plot. I understand why the book was written like it was, seemingly very choppy, but honestly, I hated it. It was neat at first but soon just didn't cease to annoy me.

As for the plot... I don't want to talk about it. I find the blurb of this book to be rather misleading first of all- this is not a mystery novel. Second of all, for the entire first half of the book, I could not tell you the plot. Each chapter jumped between various incidents and times that it just made it very difficult to follow.

And as for the unveiling of the “mystery”? Yeah, no. Not my thing.

Such a fun and sad book at the same time.
Loved it.

It's charming book with a neat wake on the unreliable narrator, but overstays its welcome for the last third. Fun, but ultimately unmemorable (as indicated by me having seen a theatre adaptation a few years back and still having no idea where the book was going.) 3.5 stars, but I rounded up because at least it's short.

Interesting story told from the perspective of an autistic boy. You can really empathize with his confusion.

Unlike most books, I could never form a picture of what the main character looked like.