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Title: Cruel Britannia
Review: I share a lot in common with Zadie Smith and was honestly expecting to love this book; I completely bought the hype and the comparison to Dickens thrilled me. I have to say though that Smith is no Dickens. Charles Dickens had compassion for his characters even when they were presented as caricatures. Zadie has the caricature part down but needs to work on the feeling. Such a cold cruel book, goodness. An author should have other things in mind when setting down to write a book, things besides proving how clever or better they are than the rest of us especially the poor losers who people their novels.
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