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Zadie Smith is one of my facourite authours, I own all of her books, she's brilliant. You become so attatched and intrigued by the characters in this story. My only complaint is that it ended too soon. I really wanted to know what happened next!
The book kind of starts of dry did'nt capture me the first few chapters. But then you begin to get intrigued by the relationship between Howard and Kiki, and their children. Somewhere between the early beginning and the middle of the book I couldn't stop reading, Zadie Smith is obviously very brilliant, her use of words and story telling was amazing.
I love this book! It was an amazing read...Zadie Smith is amazing... While reading the book, I came to hate the majority of the characters...they were vain, ignorant, driven by lust & power, selfish...yet the plot was capativating... the unique personalities and demons of each character...the rich cultural diversity...secrets in the world of academia... Zadie Smith's intellectual insight is...more
This book was a fantastic read - her understanding of life in north-west London and on the east coast of America was really accurate. Her portrayal of mixed race siblings and their identities was really interesting and struck a realy chord with me. A book that I couldn't put down and left me wanting to read more.
As both a modern story and a reinterpretation of Forster's "Howards End," Zadie Smith's "On Beauty" does a good job of showing the struggles of two families, both with ties in Britain and America, and their struggles personally and socially.
With Smith's unbelievably extensive knowledge of both English-speaking cultures, she adds wit, satire and irony seamlessley into her story; her usage of...more
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