The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time #3//completed book

      I am now finished with the story: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. The ending tied up all of the conflict in the novel. In my last entry Christopher ran away to find his mother who turns out to be alive, even when his father told him otherwise. He eventually reaches his mother and informs her that he thought for so long that she was dead. She was horrified by this so she insists that he lives with her. Christopher however is scared of her new love, Mr.Shears, who she now lives with so he doesn't think he wants to live with her. Christopher's father eventually finds him and tells him he has to come home, but his mother argues that he has to stay with her. So in order to convince Christopher to go back to his father's, the dad tries to regain his trust by buying him a puppy. A compromise was made that his mother would move back to Christophers home town and he would get to live amongst both parents.
    I think the new puppy portrayed a meaning tied to the dead dog in the beginning of the book. It almost seems it is representing a new, fresh start just like how the dog is fresh and newborn. Christopher can start over and build a connection with his mother that he missed out from for all those years. The dead dog is like his past filled with lies, over and dead.
    I would certainly put this book as one of my top ten books. I loved the plot and all the characters. I understood everything thoroughly and there wasn't any plot holes. I like how all the problems were resolved and I wasn't left hanging on any details.