Book description: Christopher John Francis Boone knows all the countries of the world and their capitals and every prime number up to 7,057. He relates well to animals but has no understanding of human emotions. He cannot stand to be touched. And he detests the color yellow.
Although gifted with a superbly logical brain, for fifteen-year-old Christopher everyday interactions and admonishments have little meaning. He lives on patterns, rules, and a diagram kept in his pocket. Then one day, a neighbor’s dog, Wellington, is killed and his carefully constructive universe is threatened. Christopher sets out to solve the murder in the style of his favourite (logical) detective, Sherlock Holmes. What follows makes for a novel that is funny, poignant and fascinating in its portrayal of a person whose curse and blessing are a mind that perceives the world entirely literally.
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What I thought of the book:
****
A really interesting and different type of book to read. It’s from a completely different perspective than normal so it’s great to see things through another person’s eyes that you wouldn’t normally.
I knew a little about people with aspergers but not very much so the more in depth look into their mind was a new experience for me as I’m sure it would be for most people.
Book read September 20th 2013.
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