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Title: Don't fall for the hype.
Review: From the accompanying reviews, I'm glad to see that I'm not the only person "On Beauty" left cold. The starred reviews! The alleged play on "Howard's End"! What are these reviewers falling for? The book did not engage me and I couldn't be bothered to finish. If the novel had been set in England, Zadie Smith might have better understood the types she was writing about. As it is, little rings true in "On Beauty". Ignore the fuss and read something else.
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