Jason L. (Harpua) - , reviewed on 12/2/2008 + 15 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 3

I'm not sure why I picked this book up. Perhaps it was the interesting cover that first grabbed my attention. Reading the cover notes, it sounded interesting enough. In a nutshell, Christopher, an autistic boy investigates the murder of the neighbors dog and writes a book to tell his story. This book is that book. An interesting concept and in fact Mark Haddon pulls it off quite well. I completely believe that this book was written by an autistic child. That is also where it fails for me. After the first few chapters it got old. I'm sure this is exactly how it would be written if it were true, but goodness, the side paths that are taken just get old before too long. Many times I just wanted to put his one down, but it was short so I finished, though I did skip over paragraphs and whole chapters when it went off story. Some people may really enjoy this, but it's just not my style.

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