White Teeth

After watching copies and copies of it being bought during my three-month tenure as a bookstore clerk in 2001, I was resistent to Zadie Smith's White Teeth. She wrote it when she was younger than I am now, and that sort of youthful success causes the jealousy that deters me from reading such successes. So, I waited. Then, I finally bought the novel. I loved it! I absolutely enjoyed it from start to finish.

I was surprised. I do prefer nonfiction in general, and I had my doubts about White Teeth, but the characters were dynamic (I think Irie was my favorite character--or maybe Archie. Or Neena. Neena was cool), and the plot, while not necessarily perfectly tight, was certainly interesting. I have friends who disliked the ending, but I even liked the ending! I especially enjoyed the London setting, I think I learned a lot about the city and its neighborhoods, more so than I ever expected.