The time someone told me about this book the title of the book sounded funny to me. Not only was it funny but it was longer compared to other book titles. But because it's a best-seller and was recommended to me by a friend, I bought it.
The time I started reading the book, I expected the author to be a young man or an elderly man. But the way the book has been put together as the first-person narrative of 15 year old boy Christopher, it is truly amazing. For once I felt I was back in time as a kid when I used to read story books, though I didn't do a lot of reading at that time. The book talks about a murder mystery, a family drama involving Christopher and above all it includes the minute details a child looks for in small things. The book is about how Christopher sees the word, while he tries to solve the murder mystery involving the murder of a dog. He is seen as emulating Sherlock Homes while working on solving it.
The book reflects different traits of Christopher. He is a guy who does not like people holding him, has difficulty understanding human expressions(the way he puts up those smileys in the book and talks about them), does not lie, is a mathematics genius and has a photographic memory. Christopher hates the colors yellow and brown, but loves red. The way he designates a day as a "good", "quite good", or "super good" day based on the number of red or yellow cars he sees on his way to school show his own idiosyncrasies.
The book is a fun read and you don't need to put in a lot of brain to understand what all is going on.
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