The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time - Mark Haddon

I read this back in November, and then forgot about it, which should give you an idea of how this review is going to be.

To be honest, I did like this book while i was reading it. Christopher's quest to do all the snazzy things he does and the narration in the quirkily autistic way makes a charming reading. The numbering of the chapters in prime numbers was innovative. The drawings, not so much.

From what I've read/heard about autism and reviews on this book so far, it apparently does give a pretty accurate account of what dealing with an autistic kid would be like, and that should make this a good book.

But a great book? errmmm No.

An award winning book? I wouldn't think so.

The language was easy flowing and simple and hence made me think this would make a good read as a text book in 5th grade. In fact, my Sis had been asked to review this one as part of her college projects. Ok, now I'm not sure how that helps explain my point, but, well, never mind.

I guess what I'm trying to say is I was maybe expecting too much out of it and it delivered something completely different and unexpected. Not bad unexpected but was-hoping-for-much-more unexpected Guess that's a lesson for me. A book doesn't have to be 300+ pages, have intricate plots or lots of things happening on many different levels and all those other things. A thin volume from a childs point of view might also do (typing it out didn't help. I still don't believe it. this book won an award!)

Another lesson for me is to try and find a library so I can borrow books like this and not spend money on a book just cause it has a fancy jacket or (lately) 'Winner or ___ Award' written on the jacket cover. (Yes, yes. I admit it, I'm a sucker for fancy and/or weird jacket covers - not always a happy ending to that story but I'll never learn)