The Curious Incident of the Dog In the Night-Time Prompt Blog Post
The prompt I chose for this blog post is number four: How would you describe the author's style of writing? What's your opinion of the style? i chose this prompt because i felt that it is the perfect topic for this book because the style of writing is very unique and interesting. by coincidence the beginning of this story, the narrator actually explains the style of writing in which was chosen. “chapters in books are usually given the cardinal numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and so on, but i have decided to give my chapters prime numbers 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13 and so on because i like prime numbers” (11).
Since the narrator fancies prime numbers, he decided to number his chapters by prime numbers instead of doing the regular way of numbering. This is only one way his style of writing gives off his uncommon or rare style of writing.
other than his prime numbering, he actually includes diagrams, pictures, reviews from doctors, etc. i think that this is very uncomparable to other chapter books like this one because usually there are no visuals in the books. i think that the reasoning and logic behind this is because instead of just writing descriptions on what was being talked about he just added diagrams so the reader could understand exactly what is being talked about.
He also seems to have a hard time knowing exactly how to stay on track. he seems to switch subjects quickly and it is very hard to take this book seriously when goes from one subject to a whole different one. I do, however, understand why the narrator decided to write the book this way: he wrote like this because it made it more interesting to write, but this doesn’t mean that it would be interesting to the reader.
All-in-all, this style of writing could be aggrivating to the reader in many ways. Sometimes it could be confusing or it could be unentertaining. I wouldn’t want to read any other books if it had the same writing style as this one.
It's good that you were able to find some information within your book about what the author prefers to do for his writing. I like how you go in to detail about what the author actually means when he numbers the chapters with prime numbers. Also, it's good to have your opinion on the book because you said that you wouldn't want to read another book if it was written the way where the subjects switch around a lot. What I really wanted to see instead of the writing style is what your book is really about because you give no background information on what your book is even about.
ReplyDeleteIt is really interesting how you talked about the authors writing style. It seems to be a big part of the book, because it is very "uncomparable" to other books. I like how you connnected this writing style to the character inside the book; it gives good insight on him. Go into more detail on him. On this topic, I feel that overall, you need to go into more detail on the actual plot/story of the book itself; you gave us no information on it. This would probably give us more insight on the main character and why this strange writing style is used. I also like that throughout your review, you were very opinionated; this gives the reader a good general idea as to whether they would ever want to read your story.
ReplyDeleteAll-in-all, I think the biggest thing you need to work on in your story is giving more background story on the plot to connect to the character so we can more deeply understand the book.