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Zadie Smith has once again dazzled me with her wonderfully witty and energetic prose!! I was worried about this one before I started reading it because I had seen a few comments on Goodreads criticising the choppy, disconnected style, and I can see how it wouldn't work for some people, but I can definitely say that it worked for me! The words practically leap off the page, they're so full of life, and sure there's a frantic, chaotic energy about some of the passages, but I think it just adds to the reading experience.
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NW follows the lives of four protagonists from the same council estate in north-west London and examines the minutiae of their lives: their secrets, their dreams, their failures. I felt the same way with White Teeth and On Beauty, you feel like you're a fly on the wall of these people's lives, everything is laid bare, cut open, dissected for us to see.
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I'm not an expert on London, but it's obvious that Zadie Smith is. She brilliantly renders the complex tapestry of London life, encompassing race, religion, sexuality, and socio-economic status under one big, vivid umbrella. Usually I hate it when authors transcribe accents and dialects but Smith makes it work, it adds to the vitality of the book!
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Sure the style can take some getting used to, it's a stream of consciousness narrative that jumps in time, flits between different characters in different sections. It's hectic, crazy, messy, and real, and I loved it!
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NW follows the lives of four protagonists from the same council estate in north-west London and examines the minutiae of their lives: their secrets, their dreams, their failures. I felt the same way with White Teeth and On Beauty, you feel like you're a fly on the wall of these people's lives, everything is laid bare, cut open, dissected for us to see.
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I'm not an expert on London, but it's obvious that Zadie Smith is. She brilliantly renders the complex tapestry of London life, encompassing race, religion, sexuality, and socio-economic status under one big, vivid umbrella. Usually I hate it when authors transcribe accents and dialects but Smith makes it work, it adds to the vitality of the book!
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Sure the style can take some getting used to, it's a stream of consciousness narrative that jumps in time, flits between different characters in different sections. It's hectic, crazy, messy, and real, and I loved it!