Written by: Mark Haddon
This book is written in first person through the perspective of a 15 year old autistic boy named Christopher.
Christopher is a very interesting character. He Is diagnosed with Aspergers disease however he is brilliant at math and has a photographic memory. The disease that he has is a social disorder. He is not very good at understanding human behavior and relationships. Christopher has some sort of pathological thing against lying. He cannot lie however he can tell only parts of the truth to be misleading, he calls these white lies. Also, he is very observant and has interesting theories. Christopher absolutely hates the color yellow but he loves the color red. If he sees a lot of red cars in a row then he is going to have a good day but if he sees a lot of yellow cars in a row then he will have a "black day" and he won't talk to anybody. All of this makes to be a very compelling main character.
Christopher is a very interesting character. He Is diagnosed with Aspergers disease however he is brilliant at math and has a photographic memory. The disease that he has is a social disorder. He is not very good at understanding human behavior and relationships. Christopher has some sort of pathological thing against lying. He cannot lie however he can tell only parts of the truth to be misleading, he calls these white lies. Also, he is very observant and has interesting theories. Christopher absolutely hates the color yellow but he loves the color red. If he sees a lot of red cars in a row then he is going to have a good day but if he sees a lot of yellow cars in a row then he will have a "black day" and he won't talk to anybody. All of this makes to be a very compelling main character.In the book, Christopher lives with his dad, who in the beginning seems to be very compassionate and understanding with him. Christopher is told that his mother died of a heart-attack when he was younger. What starts off the series of events that takes place in the book is the mystery of who killed their neighbor, Mrs. Sheer's, dog. Christopher discovers Mrs. Sheer's black poodle stabbed with a pitch for in her front yard. He is immediately dismayed and doesn't know what to do. The book consists of Christopher solving the mystery and learning things he would have never imagined. 
This book never has a dull moment and just keeps surprising you with every turn of the page. I likes it a lot mainly because the perspective was so interesting. I read this book awhile ago and almost forgot about, until i remembered how Christopher gives hugs. He hates touching people or anybody touching him, so to give the people he is close to a hug they put their hands close to each other but never touch. Almost like you are going to give a high five. I remembered this because my boyfriend and I both read the book and we both found the "hand hug" very interesting, so we participate in it. This book is tre bien, read it!
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