I chose to read this book:
, a few years ago, I've read several positive reviews about this story, so I added it to my WTR list.
Imagine my thrill upon finding a copy in a thrift shop! and,
, August is my "As the Spirit Moves Me Month",
Praises:
, author sitelinkMark Haddon's experience working with autistic individuals clearly shines in this story! From the first paragraph, I was drawn in byyearold Christopher's life with ASD through Haddon's captivating writing style I didn't want to put this book down! From the precision in the dialogue to Christopher's astute thought processes, I developed immense empathy for this protagonist
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the character development was executed very well! Even if some characters made dubious choices, they were believable, And because of this, the ending couldn't have worked out better than it did, It was also nice to see that Christopher had a reliable support system with EA Siobhan and,
, my emotions ran the gamut from laughter to heartbreak!
Niggle:
Christopher used some mathematical and/or scientific thought processes to work out various personal issues.
I tried to follow along or, at least I tried to relate to it in this story, but, unfortunately, my poor little fishy brain wasn't on the same wavelength as Christopher's!
Overall Thoughts:
Over the years, I have taught students on the Spectrum, so it was lovely to see bits and pieces of them in Christopher's character.
This story was such an eyeopening look into the world of ASD!
Recommendation
A quick but enlightening read of how one person, along with his family and acquaintances, live with ASD.
Check it out! Ok, I get the concept, A heartwarming story told from the vantage point of an autistic boy,
Heartwarming, eh. Sure. Cerebral You bet. For the "Literary Snob" ABSOFREAKINGLUTELY, Because most of those people LOVE "The Catcher in the Rye", . . one of my most hated books of all time, . . and this book has been compared to that one, I should have known.
Look. I'm smart, I'm educated. I'm a professional woman who adores literature and loves to read, I bought this book because I was told that it was GREAT by a couple of friends, I'd also read the reviews, I'll give it a shot, ok
Ack, It took me a full month to get through this book, This from someone who can devour a book in twelve hours including "masterpieces" such as Memoirs of a Geisha, Jane Eyre and Pride and Prejudice.
loved them all. I didn't like it. I didn't find it "lyrical" I didn't find the writing in ANY way "superior" to some of the "genre" authors I read Nora Roberts anyone.
It left me depressed and out of sorts, And a little pissed off,
If that's what makes a "Classic" these days, please count me out, I'll stick with my "silly" genre novels ANY day of the week,
Reread for my FallYAL class,
One of the best YA books ever, wonderful and surprising on so many levels, Very moving. As a parent of a kid with autism and another kid who is spectrumy, it hits home for me in ways it might not for others.
As with many mysteries, it features some misdirection it appears to be about a kid with Asperger's Syndrome investigating a mystery about a dead dog in the manner of his hero and also Aspergerish Sherlock Holmes, but becomes an even richer and ever widening investigation of human tragedy and mystery and the complex nature of love and grief.
I find it very moving, having read it several times,
My feeling this time That almost half of the book is about the London trip when Christopher goes to see his estranged mother, and maybe that's a little too long it makes the story into a kind of movie thriller of sorts, when the heart of the book for me is about mysteries, a dog murdered and just what that means for Christopher and his family, relationships, love, the grief and despair of dealing with a kid with special needs, that heartbreak, all stuff I have been through.
I was divorced in the process of trying to deal with the anguish and despair and grief
of discovering my son had autism, at the same time trying to do everything we could to try to reverse the process.
So I could empathize with the parents,
One thing that is different in recent readings is that I have watched and rewatched the BBC Sherlock and the American Elementary and I have this as background for a very Sherlockfocused book it's Christopher's favorite set of stories.
I also have been reading Agatha Christie Poirot mysteries, so I have that related background, And, one course I have been teaching focuses on the relationships between psychiatry, the psychic/supernatural, horror/fantasy, spirituality, the literar vs the rational and logical, and some of that figures very much in this book.
I had forgotten Christopher talks of faith and ghosts in this book with respect to logic and Reason, There's a consideration of metaphor and story for the purpose of making meaning, since this first person story is told by Christopher for a school project, a story of ever widening mysteries of life.
I admit to tears in several places, earned tears from Haddon, I havent read a fictional account this heartbreakingly realistic in a long time, Kapitoil was close, but The Curious Incident paints a more complete picture,
The book is from the viewpoint of an teen boy with Asperger's syndrome named Christopher his mom has recently died and he discovers a dead dog in one of his neighbors yards.
The short list: he doesnt read peoples emotions very well like the android “Data” from Star Trek next Generation, if you will, he hates the colors yellow and brown, excels at math, hates to be touched enter the fist: he breaks out a pretty nasty uppercut when it happens and often loses his memory when he gets upset.
Like many teenage boys, he dreams of long periods of alone time,
Since he doesnt care much about other peoples emotions, he goes around knocking on doors in his neighborhood to ask who killed the dog.
So he has your attention right away, Hes a big fan of Sherlock Holmes, who he perceives as the master of objective details that others overlook, Except that no one wants to tell him anything about the dog except the kindly, lonely old Mrs, Alexander, who finally breaks it to the boy that his mom was cheating on his dad, Then a lot more rains down,
The dad comes across as calm, especially to a young kid, yet is passiveaggressive person who doesnt always realize how much clarity his son needs.
When he tells Christopher to “drop all this investigation nonsense”, the son considers what he finds out from Mrs, Alexander as “small talk” and not what his dad forbade “snooping around” the neighborhood asking about a dead mutt,
In fact, the fathers passiveaggressiveness and the sons determination and objectivity make for heartbreaking tension, The crux of the story isnt about the dog, its what the dad keeps from Christopher “until he gets old enough to understand”.
Even though hes autistic, we find out that Christopher is old enough to know anything and will go way out of his way to find the truth.
This is a book that doesnt end neatly and nicely because life usually doesnt turn out that way.
It just sort of ends, We learn a lot about autism, its very defined characteristics and why its so difficult for normal people to be around.
There is no one in the story who treats Christopher the way he wants to be treated except a counselor at school.
This is a good story in which we learn a lot about this condition, If the story needs to stall because the narrator is stuck on telling all the facts of a particular situation, then thats what happens.
You dont necessarily comprehend why everything is written the way its written, but it somehow all feels important by the end.
I raced through everything regardless,
And the boys objectivity lends a prophetic feel to some of the things he says, He wonders why people think theyre superior to animals, for example, His thinking is that in a couple of centuries the human race might evolve to where the human beings of today end up on display in a zoo.
And if we all kill each other through war or wearing out the planet, then insects could end up being the most superior creatures on earth.
He has interesting theories on the constellations, the Big Bang theory, major religions, etc,
Sure, a general comparison could be made to the movie “Rainman”, except that this book gives complete attention to the afflicted character, Christopher.
It breaks down one of societys more recent creations the mental institution, one of the big barriers between “us” and “them”.
You discover theres a ton of humanity and things to consider and learn from someone you may have previously been too nervous to be around.
Winner of the Whitbread Book Awards for Best Novel and the Book of the Year the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Book and the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize.
On rereading, this is still an amazing book, Haddon's bestselling, eyeopening, both beautiful and heart breaking look at the world through the first person narrative of a person with an emotionally dissociated mind autistic.
A truly remarkable piece of a fiction, that is still yet to be really matched for its blend of reality, humour, pathos and pragmatism.
A book that takes a highfunctioning person with a social disability that not only shares their struggles but also goes allout to highlight the positives angering some of the community in the real world of having such a condition.
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