White Teeth: A Novel
by Zadie Smith

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• ISBN13: 9780375703867
• Condition: New
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Book Reviews of White Teeth: A Novel

Book Review: "White Teeth" Sparkles
Summary: 4 Stars

It is certainly a creative, fresh, and often comic piece of fiction. Smith has brought together a wildly divergent cast of characters living in modern day London - from the twin sons of an arranged marriage between two Bangladeshi Muslims to an 80+ year old Jamaican Jehovah Witness who rides a sidecar of a motorcycle. The novel has an epic feel, covering a 25-year period (with some flashbacks deeper into the past) in the intertwining lives of the many characters. Smith also shifts the narrative and time period focus four times in the novel. So, as other reviewers have noted, some characters and plot lines disappear, new ones come to the forefront, and others return. And this is where some readers might get into trouble. I readily admit I was baffled by the reappearance of a character in the novel's later stages (it did eventually dawn on me who it was!). At times Smith seems to lose her focus or perhaps just fails to keep the readers' attention (I plead guilty). With this ambitious work, some aspects of "White Teeth" (storylines, characters) will appeal to some readers, while others will not. But, in my opinion, much more things work than do not.

All in all, this is a fine novel and an impressive debut from Zadie Smith. Unfortunately due to the heavy buzz that "White Teeth" has received, some readers will be undoubtedly be left disappointed.

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