The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time

By: Mark Haddon

Age:  Upper years, ages 14 years plus.

Accelerated Reader Rating: 4.5/5

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time is a book about a young boy called Christopher. Christopher has Asperger’s Syndrome and when he finds his neighbour's dog dead with a garden fork sticking out of its chest, he struggles to know what to do. When he gets caught up in an uncomfortable and scary situation he is forced to run away from home and find the person he once thought as dead.

This book is really interesting as you can see what Christopher is thinking, it's as if you're in his mind and because he has an unusual way of looking at the world, it really helps you to understand him.

Main characters: Christopher, Ed Boone, Judy Boone and Siobhan.

Christopher:

Christopher has Asperger’s Syndrome and likes to take walks in the night. When he is walking past his neighbour’s house, he notices her dog, the dog is dead. Christopher doesn’t really understand people very well so when he gets into many sticky situations it doesn’t help very much. 

Ed Boone:

Ed Boone is Christopher’s father, he is one of the only people who understands him. He has been raising Christopher alone ever since his wife, Judy died.

Judy Boone:

Judy Boone is Christopher's mum, who died when Christopher was young - but as Christopher has an incredible memory, he can remember everything about her, even what she said and when.

Siobhan:

Siobhan is one of Christopher’s teachers who teaches him things like facial expressions and how to act around people. Christopher’s father knows how to be around him and understands him, but Siobhan understands him more because he shares everything with her, and she helps him with everything.

More about Christopher:

Christopher is incredibly clever, and he even took his GCSE a year early. Christopher also wants to be an astronaut and go to space when he is older, he is always reading things about the Apollo space mission.

Why I like this book:

I like this book because it is very interesting, and it is a really good murder mystery because it has a twist to it as you can understand what is going on in Christopher’s head.

What I didn’t like about this book:

I didn’t really like how Christopher finds out about who murdered the dog.. I’m not sure why, but I just didn’t.

My Star rating:

4.5/5

Why did I rate it this?

I rated it this because It was an amazing book and I loved it but I only gave it 4.5 because I wasn’t so keen on the ending as I found it a bit sad almost that he can’t get over a certain fear.