Hey everyone! Book review #1 and #2 are together in one post because of Spring Break. I hope this book review is better than my other ones.
The Curious Incident of The Dog in The Night-Time, written by Mark Haddon, is about a fifteen year old autistic boy named, Christopher John Francis Boone. He is very intelligent because he knows every countries in the world and their capitals. He also knows every prime number up to 7,057. He doesn't react well with human beings, so he can easily relate with animals. One day at seven after midnight, his world falls apart when he finds his neighbor's dog, Wellington, killed with a garden fork in the middle of the lawn. The reason he is out in the middle of the night is because he enjoys the idea of being the only person in the world. So anyway, Christopher was initially accused of killing the dog. This accusation causes Christopher to embark on a path, following his favorite fictional character, Sherlock Holmes', footsteps and solve the mystery of the murder of Wellington the dog. During this adventure, Christopher learns about things he thought he would never have to face. He learned about the dissolution of his parents' marriage. Now he faces two problems. The crisis growing within his own family, and the problem of finding Wellington's killer. But later we discover that the two problems are related.
In the beginning, Ms. Shear's ex-husband was the main suspect. Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that Ms. Shear is the owner of Wellington. Oops, sorry. So anyway, He was the main suspect because he probably killed the dog to get back at Ms. Shear for previous issues. Christopher's dad did not want him, in any way, involved in the mystery, but later finds that his very own father killed the dog. The reason for his actions were because he wanted to get back at Ms. Shears. Ms. Shear's husband left her around the same time as Christopher's mother's "death". So, guess what happens when two very lonely and truly sad people of the opposite sex shares the same feelings. They get close, and I mean
really close. But in the end, she showed more affection toward her dog than him. Christopher's father confiscates the book he uses to write down his clues and hides it. Christopher goes looking for the book and finds it, but also finds letter written to him by his mother. So the truth is, his mother is actually alive and is currently living in London. His dad had to fake the death so Christopher's feelings won't get hurt. She left them because she felt that she couldn't stay with them without hurting the ones she loved. She has a big temper while everyone else in the family are very mellow people. So what do you guys think will happen next. If you lived part of your life thinking that a loved one is dead, but later learns that they are alive and living somewhere else. What would you do? Duh, you would want to see them again, so that's what Christopher did. He went to London to live with his mom. So now he embarks on a new adventure. One that is more challenging because he has asperger's syndrome. For those of you who do not know what that it, it is an autism spectrum disorder, and people with it therefore show significant difficulties in social interaction, along with restricted and repetitive patterns of behavior and interests.
That's the end of my book review. It really is a good book. I encourage all of you to read it. The only part I don't like is the fact that they murdered a dog because I am a huge dog-lover. But other than that, The book so far is great. I hope you come back next week to read about part 3. Until then, see ya!
