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Zadie Smith - On Beauty

simu · 2005-10-20 17:30:32

Has anyone else read this? Me, I enjoyed it and it certainly shortened a few bus trips for me. The characters were interesting, the story engaging and the parodying of the academic world was amusing but overall, I was left with a feeling of disappointment. It was badly written in places - things were over-explained,…

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20-10-2005 6:30pm

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Has anyone else read this?

Me, I enjoyed it and it certainly shortened a few bus trips for me. The characters were interesting, the story engaging and the parodying of the academic world was amusing but overall, I was left with a feeling of disappointment. It was badly written in places - things were over-explained, especially in conversations and so on. Thoughts?

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#2 21-10-2005 7:12pm
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Won't mind reading it but The Autograph Man was disappointing so think i'll wait a while before reading this.

White Teeth was excellent though so i'm sure i'll end up reading Oh Beauty at some stage.

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#3 22-10-2005 5:14pm
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Im just reading the Autograph man at the moment and im thouroughly enjoying it. I hear the other two are better though so ill have to give them a go at some point.

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