The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time

#15: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon

Synopsis via Goodreads:

Christopher John Francis Boone knows all the countries of the world and their capitals and every prime number up to 7,057. He relates well to animals but has no understanding of human emotions. He cannot stand to be touched. Although gifted with a superbly logical brain, Christopher is autistic. Everyday interactions and admonishments have little meaning for him. Routine, order and predictability shelter him from the messy, wider world. Then, at fifteen, Christopher’s carefully constructed world falls apart when he finds his neighbor’s dog, Wellington, impaled on a garden fork, and he is initially blamed for the killing.

Christopher decides that he will track down the real killer and turns to his favorite fictional character, the impeccably logical Sherlock Holmes, for inspiration. But the investigation leads him down some unexpected paths and ultimately brings him face to face with the dissolution of his parents’ marriage. As he tries to deal with the crisis within his own family, we are drawn into the workings of Christopher’s mind.

And herein lies the key to the brilliance of Mark Haddon’s choice of narrator: The most wrenching of emotional moments are chronicled by a boy who cannot fathom emotion. The effect is dazzling, making for a novel that is deeply funny, poignant, and fascinating in its portrayal of a person whose curse and blessing is a mind that perceives the world literally.

I was really excited to read this book because I knew that there was going to be a dog in it... and then I found out that the dog is dead. BUT I was still excited because this was going to be a thrilling mystery told from the POV of an autistic human boy. Well, that's half right.

I really enjoyed the story and how it was written as if by the autistic boy. The voice of the novel was just perfect and I really got attached to Christopher. The problem that I had with this book was that I felt deceived. I thought that I was going to get a murder mystery, and I got more of a drama or something. Still good, but not what I was expecting at all. And that's all I'll say for now because my computer just randomly re-started and it freaked me out!