This was a very unusual book. It was written from the perspective of a young man with Asperger's syndrome. As a result, the writing is very much more straight forward and blunt. There are not a lot of words devoted to feelings.
It starts out with the murder of the neighbor's dog. Christopher, who likes dogs, then decides to find out who and why. What he finds out instead is that his life is a lot more complicated that he thinks, not all is as black and white as one hopes. While the book does give interesting insight into the mind of an autistic person, the feelings of the other characters bleed into the narrative making the resultant story more meloncholy than straight forward. You end up feeling bad for Christopher, even though he woulnd't understand why.
On an unreleated note, I love that the story is set in Swindon. I kept hoping Thursday Next would show up, though sadly she never does.
I do believe Haddon cappable of producing wonderful book and look forward to "A Spot of Bother," which is his second book.
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