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Liked It2 of 2 members found this review helpful “With her signature hysterical realism Zadie takes on the 'culture wars' in that bastion of all folks aesthete (equally those who revel in the glistening dewdrop adorning a painter's flower or those who delight in identifying its configuration as the reification of market forces), the university. ...” see full review » see other reviews » |
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“I loved this book. I loved Smith's realism and the characters in the book.”
Mint Acha wrote this review Wednesday, May 2, 2012. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Jane H said: 3 stars
1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die Shelf wrote this review Monday, January 30, 2012. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
Long book about families, race & the meaning of beauty.
Sherry A said: 2 stars
Didn't like the characters much...”
“An interesting book.”
Rosereader wrote this review Friday, January 13, 2012. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Well, well.”
...and when it's the end, our lives will make sense ♥ wrote this review Friday, November 25, 2011. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“This description about life and relationships of multicultural family simply touches me, because I've built a multicultural family myself. First when I started reading this book I thought like:" Ahh, how boring, bow ordinary." But when I read it forward I couldn't lay it off my hands until I finished it. Such an entertaining and colourful story full of colourful personalities from different cultures. I recommend for anyone. I simply fell in love with the characters especially with Jerome. In the book he's the same age that I currently am and his character could nearly make him my soul-mate. He's a silent, black, hard-working guy who believes in Jesus Christ and who's into writing, art and music. Why must guys like him exist for me only in stories and imagination? Or if I face a guy like him in real life he's usually millions of miles away. Simply out of my reach... ”
RainbowWriter wrote this review Friday, October 21, 2011. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
1 of 1 members found this review helpful“I struggled with the first 50 pages and I actually stopped reading. I found it a bit boring and frankly I saw a lot of similarities with 'White Teeth'. They're both about mixed families clashing, clashing of generations,... After a few weeks I picked the book up again and I read it anyway. For me it was just a good read. I wasn't dying to know what was going to happen. I couldn't really relate to any of the characters really so I wasn't really invested in the story. All in all it is not a bad book, but after reading 'White Teeth' I expected more. ”
Rebecca wrote this review Sunday, October 16, 2011. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“I've not sure what to think of this book, it's about the liberal, atheistic Belsey family (Howard, Kiki, Jerome, Zora, and Levi), and their relationships with the more religious, conservative Kipps family.
Jamie B wrote this review Saturday, October 15, 2011. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
I enjoyed the book, it's well writte. It's just not much happens. If it's about the "US Culture Wars", it could be better told as a factual book I think. If it's about the internal workings of a mixed race family, I could see that too. It's just I wanted something to happen, and it didn't.”
“I remember really liking "White Teeth," but "On Beauty" always stands out in my memory better. Really fantastic.”
Mrs. Chadwick wrote this review Saturday, October 8, 2011. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“The Belsey family and the Kipps family are headed by men who have opposing views and have a small feud going on. The feud is a little one sided and the two mens families are dragged into it in one way or another. For me the story was mainly about the Belsey family and the gradual break down of relationships within that family.
Karen P wrote this review Wednesday, October 5, 2011. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
I enjoyed parts of it whilst others were a little tedious. It is written with humour and the descriptiveness of the writing is fabulous. ”
