By: | Mark Haddon |
Pages: | 226 |
Published: | 2003 |
Genre(s): | Mystery |
Young Adult | |
Psychology | |
Rating: | (14) |
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My name is Christopher John Francis Boone. I know all the countries of the world and the capital cities. And every prime number up to 7507. Christopher, fifteen years old, stands beside Mrs Shears's dead dog. It has been speared with a garden fork, it is seven minutes after midnight, and Christopher is under suspicion. He records each fact in the book he is writing to solve the mystery of who...
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Wow! This is an amazing story told from the perspective of an autistic teenage boy. From his viewpoint we see how life looks as he sets out to find who murdered his neighbour's dog, and as he struggles to function in his brilliant yet troubled mind when he learns something that drastically shakes his life.
Feb 17th, 2020
Painful to get through. A good read and a great story, but horribly, almost disappointingly, executed.
Feb 19th, 2014
This was a good read, but I didn't think it was as brilliant as I was led to believe.
Nov 6th, 2013
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