Sunday, January 9, 2011

Book Review

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time

By: Mark Haddon


In reading, I think that the biggest thing that catches my attention is the meaning, or plot. I think that the meaning in this book is that you should never stop just because you see an obstacle. The main character, Christopher Francis Boone, had gone over many obstacles throughout the novel. He has pretty mush solved a murder crime with a dog named Wellington, and went all the way to London to find his mother.

I would recommend this book to anybody that loves mysteries. But there are also lots of things that happen when you really want to know what will happen next. This book kept me reading. One I started reading; I honestly couldn’t help but read on to find out what was going to happen. Well, until I got to the next chapter.

The characters in this book were, the main character, Christopher, Christopher’s father, Christopher’s mother, Christopher’s friend, and Christopher’s neighbor. Christopher’s father’s name is not mentioned in the novel, it only says Father. And same with Christopher’s mother. It only says Mother. Christopher’s friend is named Siobhan. And Christopher’s neighbor is named Mrs. Shears.

Since I’m trying to convince you to read this amazing book, i should probably tell you a little bit about the book. The first thing that happens is that, a dog, named Wellington has been murdered. Christopher loves dogs. But he also has a disability where he cannot eat anything yellow or brown, and he cannot eat food if they are touching on his plate. Because Christopher loves dogs so much, he decided to investigate. Later on, they find out who kills Wellington, I will leave that up to you to find out who does the crime. Wellington belonged to Mrs. Shears. Another thing that happened was that Christopher finds out that Father has just been saying that Mother was dead. She was actually in London.

A thing that made me want to read this book was that, it had a very interesting name, and I also really wanted to find out what the curious incident was. Another reason was because it had an award, so I knew it was going to be a good book.
I recommend this book to people that love crime investigations, and mystery. I like this book because it kept me reading, which is very hard for people like me who don’t like reading at all. Another reason why I liked this book was because it has a really good meaning , or plot to it. Never let any obstacles get in our way.