The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

To be honest, I didn't really know what to expect when I first started this one. I was told to read it by some teens at the library and have also been told it is a good book, so I picked it up.

This hurt my heart to the extreme. It is so hard seeing how he doesn't understand the world around him while understanding how the parents are feeling as well. He didn't understand his parents, but the reader can and... it was frustrating (not in a bad way, just in general) and it seriously hurt me. Except for the one thing about the dad... I don't think what he did was okay, or easily forgivable at all.

I know pretty much nothing about the character's issues (I'm not really sure of the right words to use here...) so I can't speak to how accurately it is portrayed, but it felt very authentic.

This isn't a fun book– what I usually try to read, it is painful and real. I highly recommend it to people who like contemporary works or even as a class reading.