A review by valerixia
The Fraud by Zadie Smith

sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Didn't enjoy the short choppy writing style. Found it hard to follow for the first 2/3s, kept jumping between place time and characters. Felt dismal and pointless the while way through, and the main Fraud case is dull and clumsily used to create a background. Two pages about feminism, and a rehash of how terrible enslaved people were treated and the small pockets here that broke through most peoples ambivalence about it.