Such is The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time. Finally read this book that I had been wanting to read for quite some time because it is praised so much. I liked it too. Christopher is an interesting character and he looks at the world in a very interesting way. Some of it is so surprisingly insightful: such as his observations on how likes and dislikes are meaningless but necessary so that we can make unimportant decisions faster (like which dish to order at the restaurant) and how humans sub-consciously fashion alien beings after themselves though for all we know, spaceships could be made of clouds instead of metal. And that logic presents the very interesting possibility that aliens are already amongst us but we just don't recognize them! The style of the book is nice and different too (the chapters are numbered according to the prime number series!).
I felt very bad about Christopher's inability to understand emotions more for the sake of his father than himself. I felt really bad that Christopher could not understand how much his father had done for him. I don't condone dog-killing under any circumstances but if Christopher had been emotionally mature, he might have understood that the lie was to protect him. Wouldn't it have hurt anyone to know that they were the reason their mother went away? Writing weekly letters is not the same as staying and dealing with the situation, and it was really sad to see his father being treated like a villain by everyone after all that he did for Christopher :( Anyway, it was good to see that things were slowly working out in the end and my happiness would have been complete if the mom and dad had got back together :D Another very positive thing in the end, though I'm not sure the author intended it so, was how Christopher's confidence increases and he plans an independent future for himself. Note how he talks about himself living in a flat and taking Sandy and his stuff but does not mention his parents. It sounds like he is ready to take on the world!
I felt very bad about Christopher's inability to understand emotions more for the sake of his father than himself. I felt really bad that Christopher could not understand how much his father had done for him. I don't condone dog-killing under any circumstances but if Christopher had been emotionally mature, he might have understood that the lie was to protect him. Wouldn't it have hurt anyone to know that they were the reason their mother went away? Writing weekly letters is not the same as staying and dealing with the situation, and it was really sad to see his father being treated like a villain by everyone after all that he did for Christopher :( Anyway, it was good to see that things were slowly working out in the end and my happiness would have been complete if the mom and dad had got back together :D Another very positive thing in the end, though I'm not sure the author intended it so, was how Christopher's confidence increases and he plans an independent future for himself. Note how he talks about himself living in a flat and taking Sandy and his stuff but does not mention his parents. It sounds like he is ready to take on the world!
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