To let 12 year old read Curious incident of the dog in the night time?

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wrote a longer post but it didn't work.

Bright 12 year old wants to read it based on suggestions on his kindle.

I read it ages ago so can't really remember it but reviews mention a lot of swearing.
Anyone read it recently? Any 12 year olds?

Can't remember the swearing, it's a good book though.

Let him.

Doesn't seem at all inappropriate.

My dd read it at school in year seven.

I think its fine, I was going to suggest it for my 12 year old reluctant reader but when I looked at it again I thought the story might not be pacy enough for him, but the actual content seemed fine.

Dd read it in year 7 as part of school curriculum.

I'd let him.

It's nothing he won't hear at school and the empathetic insight into other lives far outweighs the swearing if we're doing a "balance sheet".

My eldest two read it around that age.

It's a great book. I'd definitely let him read it!

It's a very good book BTW.

Absolutely, it's a great book and I would say appropriate from the start of secondary age.

Oh good! I wanted to as I'm sure my other son was 11 when he read it! He still aged 18 says it's his favourite

yes my son read it in yr 6

The librarian told me there is a teen-appropriate version of that book and an adult version as well. So it might be worth looking for the teen-appropriate version. I'm not sure how you tell though.

Great book. Probably some swear words in it somewhere, but nothing gratuitous.

My DS read it ages 12 and loved it. Said it's his favourite book.

YANBU.

DS2 read it aged 11 and saw the stage production aged 12. Loved it. Occasional swear words and all.

There is swearing in it, yes, but nothing a 12-year-old won't hear daily at school anyway and it's perfectly appropriate for a kid that age. Loads of schools teach it.

Absolutely let him. My 10yr old recently read it.

Hmm, googling that 'fact' seems to indicate that it is possibly a load of bollocks.
Ignore me please!
I feel lied to

My son read it when he was 8 - it's still his favourite book

Alpaca, sometimes they do "adult" versions of YA books. The book is still the same content wise but has a blander (more adult) cover. Could that be what she meant?

There was a 'teen' version of the book published so that might be worth a go if you're concerned, but to be honest I think the regular version is fine.

Hmm, maybe not then...

DD2 read this at 12 and it was a year 8 set text for DD1.

It has the word 'fuck' 8n it at least once. Depends on your view on that. You could read it aloud to your dc and skim a few parts.