Negative Positive
Title: Oh Dear
Review: Having read White Teeth with glee and interest, I felt that On Beauty might be as good if not better. It is not. It is annoying. What happened to the editorial process? Zadie Smith uses English vernacular where American would be appropriate. It's a trap a lot of English people new to America fall into and it is jarring.The story is just a ghastly rehash of the usual academics-are-god type that has been written countless times, and it is done without gusto. There is a smugness to the tone of the writing that is also unattractive. There is a lack of wisdom to the whole enterprise that makes this read like a high school essay.In summary, I agree with the above reviewer's comment "the author overlooked the necessity to keep the book interesting and credible."
Is the review positive or negative? 