Unabridged Audiobook
Too many characters without a connecting story to draw you in. Many scenes felt irrelevant. I would not recommend this book. I did enjoy the narrators.
As a prolific reader but rare reviewer, I wanted to express how much I loved this book. It was a book I did not pick up when initially published to rave reviews. It will now forever be one of favorites. It is a rich and complex story and reminds me of One Hundred Years of Solitude, another of my favorites. Like Gabriel García Márquez, Zadie Smith writes beautifully of the comic and harsh reality of life and family, past and present, hope and reconciliation. If you aren’t interested in reading about those facets of life, pick it up for a story about British culture in post WWII - the turn of the millennium. A great story.
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