My review on 'The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time'

One of my favourite parts of the novel is from pages 1 to 4 when Christopher finds the dead dog 'Wellington'. I find this funny as he can't really express his emotions by telling the reader he has to use a sad face to show that he was unhappy when he found the dog. I like the way he tells the story of this as he is very prescise in everything including the timing like he says '7 minutes past midnight' and also the way he can remember everything Mrs Shears says when she is shouting at him. The preciseness is also intriguing as he must be very clever if he can calculate such things like he knows that he moved back exactly 2 metres from the dog or that he knew that he hugged the dog for exactly 4 minutes. Its also interesting in the way that he curls up in a ball because he doesnt like Mrs Shears shouting at him but at the same time of being sad he is happy because he likes the feel of the wet grass on his forehead. The way that he tells the story is odd also because he starts talking about the dog and his emotions he is feeling and then goes into how he was taught about these emotions. Its weird as you dont really need to know some of this information but after he tells you it you feel as though you needed to know it to understand his point of view and how he sees the world and himself.