English language
Published Jan. 30, 2014 by Spark Notes.
When I had recently discovered I was autistic and saw this book gaining traction I had to read it, but it is obvious the author knows jack about what it is like to autistic and I hate that so much people say “it gave me a perspective into an autistic person's life" like no, it gave you the perspective of a poorly reseached autistic character written by an allistic author. The story was also unremarkable.
This is a story about the weirdness of the world as understood by Christopher John Francis Boone, a boy with autism who lives with his father in a small town in the UK. Christopher and his idiosyncrasies are instantly lovable. Through the eyes of a boy who thinks of everyone as different from himself, we’re reminded just how many common threads bind us all together.
Long version: jdaymude.github.io/review/book-the-curious-incident-of-the-dog-in-the-nighttime/
Great story. Really gets inside the head of this fictional autistic child. I can't believe how much I related to how he thinks.
