The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time: Adult Edition - Mark Haddon

This is one of those books I had heard of and vaguely knew what it was about. However I had never been curious enough to obtain and read it. That is until I received a swap request for a completely unwanted book on readitswapit.co.uk. I would have been prepared to swap for almost anything, and when I saw this on the requesters own list thought I'd give it a go. If I didn't like it, I knew it would at least be a better addition to my own swap list than the one I'd exchanged it for! ~ Plot ~ Christopher Boone is 15 years 3 months and 2 days. He lives in Swindon with his father and his pet rat. He hates being touched, the colours brown and yellow and ...  Read the complete review

Background: At my work they encourage us to share books that we have already read with other employees. These are all put in the Staff rest room and this is where I found this one. I knew little about this book or the subject matter so I thought it was time I broaden my horizons. About the author: Mark Haddon was born in Northampton in 1962. In his short writing career he has already produced 15 novels. He has mainly written children's books for which he has received many awards including two Bafta's. Mark is a man of many talents as in addition to being an author he is also a successful screenwriter and illustrator. Synopsis ...  Read the complete review

---Plot Outline--- The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time is one of those books which stay with you for a long time after you've read it. 'Winner of the Whitbread Book of the Year', Mark Haddon has created a gem of a book through the voice of Christopher Boone - a 15 year old boy who turns detective when he finds the neighbour's dog speared with a pitchfork on the front lawn. An unusual premise for a book, but what you begin to realise quite quickly that Christopher is no ordinary boy - he has Asperger's Syndrome which brings us into his very exclusive, unique and tailored life governed by routine, fact and the familiar. The more you read, the more ...  Read the complete review

The Curious incident of the dog in the night-time means a little bit more to me than just an ordinary book I would read and put down. I will explain why later but I will write down the plot of this must read book. Christopher John Francis Boone is fifteen and has Aspergers syndrome, which is a form of Autism. He likes his own company and has special interests like playing minesweeper on his computer and Maths which he is doing an A level in. He likes to go outside at night and pretend he is the only person in the world. One day when he is out by himself at exactly seven minutes past mid-night he comes across a dog with a fork stuck through its body. It made ...  Read the complete review

Christopher is fifteen and he is not quite like normal boys. No, he isn't a wizard and he isn't in any way heroic. Christopher suffers from Asperger's Syndrome, which means he does not think the way most of us do. He has a dissociated mind and he finds things such as 'touching' and people very difficult to deal with. He is also unaware of how to actually feel, this is all because of his syndrome. I had pondered over this book for weeks before I got around to buying it. I saw it sat on the best-sellers shelf at Waterstones, growing more and more curious about it all the time. I read some of the reviews you guys have done and decided I had to read it for myself. ...  Read the complete review