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Title: Almost Everything it's Supposed to Be
Review: I think it's always a pleasure to find a novel that's going to stretch expectations a little bit. Ms Smith's novel is almost all it's supposed to be. It is a very entertaining read, and while it allows for some meditation on the reader's part, Smith fairly constantly keeps the characters grounded.As the story moves from Archie and Samad to the twins and Irie, I thought she sacrificed the story of Archie and Samad, allowing them to become caricatures more than full characters, but she developes Irie in compensation.There's a lot of Rushdie here, and the ending comes like a wall, but overall, the novel's certainly worth a read.
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