the curious incident of the dog in the nighttime amazon

The way he describes he's thoughts and feelings, and how he feels around people it reminded me so much if my best friend, he will walk agesnt walls to put himself as far away from people as he can, he trusts me so I can be close to him and although I've always expected that This was part of who he was and not something he could help I never understood this made me realize how hard it could be for him. It was recommended to me by some mum's of ASD kids a Facebook group I'm on (as I have a, possibly 2 ASD boys) it was also recommend to me by my older ASD boys teacher from 2 years ago (shes my 'book guru' lol if I want a new book to read she always has great suggestions) it was hard to get in to at first I with the way Christopher gos off track when writing he's book, once I got use to the way he off tracked I got though the book quickly. If you want something good with a similar mystery element, pick up Framed or Holes.

It's an average plot with irritating writing style and lack of any real emotional hook. So I can't really recommend this book, for children, teens or young adults. Almost every character the protagonist interacts with seems to tell him to 'f*** off' and there's even a use of c***, which was totally unnecessary. I don't mind an appropriate swear in a book from an angry real-world character and the occasional f-word can be used to great effect in a comedic setting (I watch Taskmaster with my eldest daughter, for example, and they swear in that) but this book is littered with swearing that just seems to be there to be 'cool'. However, what really let the book down for me, and I'm not a prude by any stretch of the imagination, is the constant use of expletives. As its written in the first person it was a little grating to read something written in such a mechanical style and I'm not convinced an actual autistic person would have written in such a mechanical style. I don't know how realistic the portrayal of the autistic protagonist is. It kept the kids interest but they weren't mesmerised like that have been in some other books, like Framed for example, which has a similar mystery aspect. All I can say is I'm pretty disappointed with it and don't really understand why it gets such great reviews.įirstly the plot is acceptable and somewhat interesting. I bought this book to read to my children, 11 and 9.

The curious incident of the dog in the nighttime amazon