The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Review

[therailwizard1994]

I hated this book I had to read it for school and it made me want to shoot myself. It was depressing and christophers parents wouldve made a good episode of jerry springer at best

[00Splurgify00]

You can't really say the book has created misunderstanding about Autism, becuase we're never expressly told that Autism is Christopher's condition. Incidentally, 'Curious' is not about the solving of a crime, it's about Christopher's development as a character through the device of the dead dog. Also, at no point does Haddon suggest that Christopher's mind is incapable of solving the crime, it happens that the culprit openly confesses. I think it's rather unfair to expect so much of the novel.

[snuff513]

Out of My Mind By Sharon M. Draper (Eleven-year-old Melody has a photographic memory. Her head is like a video camera that is always recording. Always. And there's no delete button. She's the smartest kid in her whole school—but no one knows it. Most people—her teachers and doctors included—don't think she's capable of learning, and up until recently her school days consisted of listening to the same preschool-level alphabet lessons again.....)

[snuff513]

Out of My Mind By Sharon M. Draper

This book is for kids VERY GOOD

[guineapiggygirl]

i'd like to give this book to my mom for easter, is this a good idea?

[merta556]

no! its horrible!

[guineapiggygirl]

oh....well i already bought it, i'll see if she likes it or not.

thanks anyway :)

[DontFaketHaFuNK]

This book makes people who have aspergers or autism seem emotionless,NOT TRUE.story just turns into a soap opera.

[Faiza921]

Yeah i just finish reading the bo, and it was amazing...x

[ThemanonlyknownasTom]

I read the whole book and it says he hates brown.

Chocolate is brown.

[VirtuaLcUb3]

i like read this book at 9 and it was nice.

thanks for the review i needed to do one for a project

thanks again

[DiabloDave363]

ill be readin this in a bit for summer reading

[adichatty]

OH MY OD HE ISNT AUTISTIC!!!!!

DAMN YOU PPL!!!!

HE HAS BEHAVIOUR PROBLEMS!!!!

lol.

[Ngai0]

He has Asperger's Syndrome which is a type of autism

[Ooabloka]

That book was the best one I've ever read. I loved every part of it including what Alex said he didn't like. I'd have to give it a one whole.

[CJLeslie21]

wow ur odd

[krcrange]

i liked it i'd give it 4

[klugner15]

I read this book a couple of months ago because I have Aspergers syndrome!! I understand when you say that that you can understand why the person confessed to him..I as well was hoping that he would solve the crime! !! I thought the book was ok but my mom liked it

[PPatitsgr8testdotcom]

it grabs your attention but for nothing. kind of an insignificant ending

[sillyholly07]

The book is amazing and really moving in bits of it

[lpslipknot07]

sorry for this late reply but yes i love this book its maybe even my favourite

[martybow1]

Brilliant vid. Trust someone with aspergers to analyse a book this much :)

love you, dude! GOOD GOING!!!!

(woop)

[freakyducky]

the book is about a 15yr with autism.. you must not really understand what autism really is .. because yes they are creative but however they are very limited communion skills that would but a Boundary.. of understanding. I mean Come On dude he had issues understanding faces... remember..? emotions did you actually think he would be able to completely do this with out help.. Just go and research out what autism is really about ... and think about it ...

[freakyducky]

1st off grow up dude it has content that for adults??... O PLEASE gag me with a spoon..

[sarahsum1]

I really enjoyed reading this book, i would recommend it.

[redyellowachoo]

i loved the book(:

[krcrange]

this book is on my exam lol our teacher pick that.

[c4001]

I love that book, but I do agree with what your saying.

btw I think it'd be cool if that book was made into a film, anyone agree? although I wouldnt want all those hollywood people acting in it because it'd be too cheesy and nice probably.

[dkvjkhd]

you know, i fully agree with you.

i do like the book and i recently posted a comment about this book on you "in my mind" video, i hadnt reached the confession part untill yesterday and i was disapointed to find out he didnt solve the mystery. and at one point he mentions wiping his penis with toilet paper and the washroom poo thing, it was un neccesairy.

[CinnabonChan]

I think this book helped create a lot of misunderstanding about autism and asperger's syndrome. A lot of people don't uderstand the spectrum, and will treat a high functioning autistic the same as a low functioning one. People should enjoy it as a work of fiction, not a guidebook into the minds of every autistic.

[martybow1]

Fucking YES, DAVE! Good boy. nicely sad.

xXxhavaniceday!xXx

[01stanbk]

@CinnabonChan - i agree it should be taken as it's ment to be a work of fiction. i think that that book really deminstrats someone with high funtioning autism rather than aspergers. 

[SobrietyandSolace]

@CinnabonChan Obviously it's not a guidebook, but I have never read a book where the line 'Oh my god, that's ME!' so much in my life. Finally, a fictional character I could truly empathize with, quirky traits and all. I've had many friends ask my what it's like to have a autistic spectrum disorder, and I've recommended the book to them. They genuinely went away on a mission to try and understand me better, which I really appreciated, but they did it in such a way that they could simultaneously

[SobrietyandSolace]

@SobrietyandSolace engage in a recreational activity. It is a shame it's aimed at an older audience, but once my parents finally let me read the book, I was really unconcerned by the expletives, too enamored with a story that for once, didn't make me feel alien. This book has been such a help to me, and I unexpectedly cried my eyes out when I got Mark to sign it for me at a lecture.

The murder itself was just a vehicle that made the observance made by- and about- Christopher fit within a story

[naruhaku]

I actually liked this book a lot, though Christopher talked about poop quite a bit to the point of annoyance.. O_o

Can't believe I got it for free at a garage sale..

[KickMeAndCancel]

this book was fine, but the damn author wouldnt stop talking about SHIT and how people SHIT on each other, it drove me crazy!!

[olinkalex]

That the same way I felt.

[099749]

@olinkalex

I would suggest he never solves the crime because that has no relevence to why the writer wrote the story- I suggest the autism is a way of avoiding issues the character does or thinks- 4 should anyone critise "He's autistic!".

Not a book that seeks to give light to autism, rather in my opinion a book which exploits aspergers to get an author narrosis across with impunity!

I could be wrong ofcourse, I express my opinion after listening to this review and reading a few pages!

[099749]

@KickMeAndCancel

I've just read 131 all I have read, colours and why he doesnt like them, Definate pooh obsession, either from the author or from the character. Doesnt like yellow becuase of hey fever- no sense flowers are all colours, leaves the sweet corn in the pooh. The deserts all seem related to dirarer.

It apaears to me that the Author used an autistic character to avoid criticisim as they narrossed about pooh!

[099749]

@KickMeAndCancel

099... Wonders if some said "mark your shit" once. Art as a form of expression of interior problems, must make one with the shit, know the shit and write about shit, and discover if I am shit or not. Maybe it's write best seller about shit to say to the your shit people- Ha ha ha shit am I!

Who knows, maybe even he doesnt!

[MaidensVow]

I've become so amazed by the autistic world. I know two people in general with high functioning aspergers and they just have the best minds....

I liked the book myself, I thought it was well written...especially for someone without the disorder. Gives you a look at a whole different world...galaxy maybe

[WorldNews92]

The problem is that he DOES NOT have the disorder either. He has a form of higher functioning autism, for which Mark Haddon should be hung, drawn, and quartered for even associating such a high a level of autism with Asperger Syndrome. Christopher Boone has high-functioning autism, and I think Mark Haddon had probably tried to show the problems with dismissing hight-functioning Autism as Asperger Syndrome, but mucked up greatly. Probably due to this, and many other books, many people think...

[WorldNews92]

...that people with Asperger Syndrome, especially - no offence - those who do suffer from the syndrome - act like deranged little babies or as mentally retarded or something. This, of course, is not the case, but this is how Christopher acts in the book, or is PERCEIVED as acting in the book. I do have Asperger Syndrome, but I act as "normally" as anybody else without the disorder.

[chunkymonkey121]

very true

[vPJere]

You're acting like a retard on the internet saying people who have this condition are retards whilst you admit to having it and you 'act' like normal people? Go fuck yourself normal is gay I hate what people expect of each person in this world, it's so corrupted full of people who take racism seriously, it's all bullshit like you.

[lucksta13]

wtf!? this book is one of the best books ever written, if not the best. oh, and, btw, im sorry if the kid offended u with his detailed nature and disabilty,and ya, he talked about poop a lot, what r u?, 15 or 16, way to be mature!, im 11!, and i thot this book was amazing

[ilikenintendo2005]

lol! Dude, this guy has Aspergers. Alot of Aspergers aren't as mature as people without it.

[iamintoswimming]

It's actually the other way around douchebag! I have high functioning Aspergers and I'm actually MORE mature that people around me! Think before you insult autistic people! Fucking faggot!

[ilikenintendo2005]

lol Wow, yea, that's pretty mature. Sure, there can be mature people with Aspergers, but it's not seen a whole lot.

[iamintoswimming]

Oh "SORRY" but I am just surrounded by people that put down my autism all the time and I see your comment suggesting that "normal" people are more mature. So you're basically suggesting that it's MY problem and NOT the bully's. Well I'm here to tell you that THEY ARE THE ONE WITH THE FUCKING PROBLEM if they feel they have to put someone else down to make themselves feel better. There's a lot more imature "normal" people than imature autistic folk.

[joshany12]

immarutity is only 1 side, there is the ultra mature side too

[LeftHandedFilms]

this book is awsome.

[SexiDeatherEater]

i read that book for my english class, I found it awesome