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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
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Jan 17, 2020
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Read 2 times. Last read May 17, 2017 to May 29, 2017.
Winner of the 2003 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, eye-opening, 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 high-functioning person with a social disability that not only shares their struggles but also goes all-out to highlight the positives (angering some of the community in the real world) of having such a condition. 9 out of 12.
2017 review:
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 high-functioning person with a social disability that not only shares their struggles but also goes all-out to highlight the positives (angering some of the community in the real world) of having such a condition. 9 out of 12.
2017 review:
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Reading Progress
May 9, 2004
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Started Reading
May 17, 2004
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Finished Reading
May 17, 2017
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Started Reading
May 29, 2017
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Finished Reading
January 17, 2020
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January 17, 2020
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mystery-its-a-mystery
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Great review, Baba! This book was surprisingly good, didn't expect to enjoy it so much :)
Nicole wrote: "Great review, Baba! This book was surprisingly good, didn't expect to enjoy it so much :)"Thanks Nicole... yeah it was a big surprise for me too :)
Chantel wrote: "This was a great review, Baba!"So kind, thank you Chantel :)
Read this when it was first published. Loved it then, love it still.
I absolutely loved this book - I read it when it first came out.
Elaine wrote: "Read this when it was first published. Loved it then, love it still."It's a lovable read Elaine :)
SheAintGotNoShoes wrote: "I absolutely loved this book - I read it when it first came out."I adored it so much when I first read it too :)
Thank you so much Reobelle, and once again also thank you for sharing your review :)