ralentina reviewed Swing Time by Zadie Smith
London friends
4 stars
Swing Times has many things going for it. I really enjoyed the parts played in London, especially the protagonist's childhood in the estate, and how those bits of the story talk about girlhood, race and class in the UK. I appreciate having a story line that revolves around female friendships more than it does around romance, which would have been an easier way to create tension. It's hard for me to pin down why exactly I didn't 'feel' this book as much as I sometimes do, and felt the protagonist was not really 'alive' as I was reading.