the curious incident of the dog in the night-time

I thought I'd read this book in 20 minutes it was so short, but it actually made me wonder about the way people with autism think and if this was an accurate representation, so it took a bit longer. This book was written from the perspective of an autistic teenager. The author, Mark Haddon, is not autistic but in general I found him to be believable. That being said, I think "Look Me in the Eye" was a better representation. At first I really enjoyed how he outlined the way he thought a person with autism would think. After a little while though I found myself getting sick of it and skipping the parts where he outlined his thought process. He certainly highlighted how some people on the spectrum like to talk ad nasuem about random boring technical stuff that no one else cares about. I just didn't care enough about random math principles to read 3 pages about them and look at pictures illustrating what they look like. Instead, I wanted to see some plot advancement. That being said, I thought the plot was exciting and was really shocked a few times. Unlike many conversations people with autism, this book was at times very engaging (forgiving the math principles and the pictures of clouds and so on). We followed young Christopher on his mission to discover who killed his neighbors' dog. Maybe I am slow but I was shocked when the culprit was revealed, but not nearly as shocked by the crazy twist that came before hand. Haddon wrote an engaging story with an un-engaging character, and I think that is pretty impressive.