Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time

I loved this book.

When I first read it, the chapter numbers distressed me so I through it across my room. A few months later I found it again, read it the whole way through and I loved it.

I really liked it too! But I can't help but wonder how accurate the information is since the author isn't autistic himself. Still, it was good. Frankly I can't understand why autism is seen such a bad thing. Judging from the books I've read, it just seems like a more obvious distribution of strengths and weaknesses and problems communicated. I can see how it would be complicated trying to talk to them, but they're not stupid and it seems like most of them are able to get along in the world eventually. I don't know. Maybe I'm just ignorant?

Well, if anyone's interested in reading another book from an autistic's perspective, there's also "The Speed of Dark." I read this not so long ago and highly recommend it (but again, the information may not be accurate because it's written by a woman who isn't autistic, though her son is).

You know, I loved the book. I have a mild obsession with anything to do with psychology or "abnormalities" of the mind, and I've been into autism, retardation (nowhere near the same thing, keep in mind!!!) and mental conditions like my own synestesia for years. I loved his color association, because synestesia is a mix-up of senses (I see sounds, taste colors, get annoyed when people ask me what their clothes taste like, etc.) and it was just amazing being in his world.

However, it was one of those books like LOTR where you like it, love it, or say "why did anyone love this?". There's no real middle ground, because it's such an extreme writing style. Oh, PM me if you've ever met anyone with synestesia, because I'm getting desparate over here.

I read this book in a single sitting -- I picked it up around midnight one night when I couldn't sleep and just kept on reading into the early hours of the morning until I finished it.

I loved it, although I liked the first half better than the second.

I'm fascinated by most things psychological, so the point of view naturally intrigued me. I haven't read it front to back again since, though I have read sections. I think pretty much everything I'd say about it has already been said, though, so I'll step out again now