Why i liked The Curious Case of the Dog in the Night Time

I liked the book a lot because it was cleverly written so that it felt like it was a real kid with Aspergers syndrome that had written it. The fact that it’s not is probably the thing I liked least about the book, because I originally believed that it was. The author have been working with kids that have the diagnose and that’s the reason it feels real. “I said” and “He/ she said” are both very usual ways to start lines in the book because it is a common symptom for people with Aspergers to explain almost everything in detail. In this case this is shown by him telling which person who is talking at all time.

He also writes incredibly long and explaining sentences, which for me makes the book more interesting since it feels like a real person with Aspergers syndrome. Some people would probably say that it makes the book hard to read, but this way of writing is what makes the book special.  The story itself would not be enough to keep some other book interesting, but seen through the eyes of Christopher, the main character, it gets much more exciting. That is because everything feels so strange and different for him and he thinks in a completely different way than “regular” people does.

Many people think of people with the disease of people that act and talk in a different way than others, Christopher does but since it is written in a 1. Person point of view we get to know his thinking patterns and why he acts the way he does.

I would recommend the book for people that wants to read a very original book with a very different twist.