BOOKS : The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night
This was a v. popular (maybe double plus popular?) book in London about 2 months ago, you would be hard pressed to catch a tube without seeing someone reading a copy. And after Jo's recommendation I gave it a read (even if she refused to read the book I recommended :)
It's not bad. Written from the perspective of an Autistic kid it is about him trying to solve a murder mystery - the murder of the dog in the title. It introduces the reader the complexities, simplicities and complete differentness that autistic peoples lives are.
I had been spoilt somewhat by having already read 'Faster than Dark,' a book Greg got me to read back in NZ which is also written from the perspective of an autistic person. That was really good, but I didn't like the end.
tCIotDitN is also really good, but didn't have as big an impact on me because of already having read a very similar book. The biggest difference between the two is that tCIotDitN is much more human, and tries to deal with family/social issues, while Faster than Dark is a 'sci-fi' book, dealing with philosophical issues. (Interesting that it is labelled sci-fi simply because it is dealing with a single scientific possibility that ultimately is just a question - 'what would you do if you could 'fix' your brain?')
I would recommend both to anyone interested, probably tCIotDitN first, then Faster than Dark.
It's not bad. Written from the perspective of an Autistic kid it is about him trying to solve a murder mystery - the murder of the dog in the title. It introduces the reader the complexities, simplicities and complete differentness that autistic peoples lives are.
I had been spoilt somewhat by having already read 'Faster than Dark,' a book Greg got me to read back in NZ which is also written from the perspective of an autistic person. That was really good, but I didn't like the end.
tCIotDitN is also really good, but didn't have as big an impact on me because of already having read a very similar book. The biggest difference between the two is that tCIotDitN is much more human, and tries to deal with family/social issues, while Faster than Dark is a 'sci-fi' book, dealing with philosophical issues. (Interesting that it is labelled sci-fi simply because it is dealing with a single scientific possibility that ultimately is just a question - 'what would you do if you could 'fix' your brain?')
I would recommend both to anyone interested, probably tCIotDitN first, then Faster than Dark.
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