Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time review Essay

PlotChristopher Boone lives with his father in a village. His mother died when he was younger from a heart-attack and the dad was left alone with the ch on the wholeenge of upbringing an sick child who does not respond like a normal child would. The father has limited money and mental stimulants for the child and does his best to hold concealment his frustration. However, the reader soon learns that Chris has not been told the complete truth and perhaps that the people he loves have a hidden past. He then begins to understand what has happened and smiler Haddon portrays the challenges he is faced with without the constant safeguarding he needs to feel secure. My ThoughtsI understand that this book is renowned and took the book sales by storm managing to emollient up Best novel and Book of the Year at the Whitbread book awards in 2003, but I do not find it at all appealing. I find myself unable to sympathise with Chris despite Haddons brilliant depiction of the mind of a child wit h autism, as Haddon does writes convincingly through with(predicate) the look of an autistic child.I do not think that this is a book that revolves around Asbergers but instead about being different in global and Haddon is trying to make us see the world through a different lens. He just uses Asbergers as a means of conveying this. Furthermore, as Chris is very rational yet unemotional, there is no depth of character in the novel as Chris is only able to see the world through one plane and cannot build up good character depth, which most popular books have, eg. Harry Potter and The Lord of the Rings. This direct approach as well as means that there is no humour apart from the main reoccurring joke of how Chris responds to things which lands im in all sorts of faux pas, (and the novelty of this soon wears off). However, this does not mean to recite that I do not understand why it is so popular it just isnt something that really enraptured me, and to be honest, it seemed like a w aste product for a storyline that had the potential to be so rich in dramatic emphasis to be written in such a simplistic style. I have given it two stars but the average for this book is a four/five. RecommendationsIf you liked this book I would strongly recommend these as they are both written in a diary style and are about people who do not necessarily fit the norm. The diary of Adrian Mole (4/5)Molesworth (5/5)