The Curious Incident of the Night-Time Dog

Mark Haddon decides to write a story about an autistic boy. Christopher, is fifteen years old, lives with his father and goes to school. Christopher loves to read detective novels, so that is how the author begins the story. He finds his neighbor’s dog stabbed with a pitchfork and decides to write his own detective novel and discover who killed the dog. Although Christopher has this disorder, he is very high functioning. Throughout the book you can notice how interactive he is with the world, especially when it comes to math. Many times while reading you don’t take into account his disorder. The only trait of his disorder is that he dislikes being touched and he really has trouble comprehending broad ideas so you need to thoroughly explain things.
This book is more then just detective novel, Christopher gets side-tracked therefore making the book into a sort of personal journal that specifics everything he goes through, from his observations to everything he is feeling. Haddon puts a twist to this story that can have a big impact since it’s unexpected. His investigation leads to a family drama. The family drama is the strongest part of this book, precisely because of Christopher’s difficulty with understanding the emotion of others. Haddon makes the read feel the emotions for Christopher, which for me created a strong attachment than if all the obvious reactions had been written into the story. Watching people in the book get impatient with his disorder was very heartbreaking.
Apart from the drama and the autism, the book also has an enjoyable adaption of mathematics. (My favorite subject) So if you like explanation of mathematical puzzles this book will fascinate you. Haddon puts these in his story because mathematics is what Christopher enjoys so it serves as something calming for him. This book in the end is built around one twist, and having it in Christopher’s unique perspective just gives it a greater charm.