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Publisher's Summary
Penguin presents the audiobook edition of White Teeth by Zadie Smith, read by Lenny Henry, Sagar Arya, Pippa Bennett-Warner and Ray Panthaki.
Zadie Smith's White Teeth is a classic international best seller and an unforgettable portrait of London.
One of the most talked about fictional debuts ever, White Teeth is a funny, generous, big-hearted novel, adored by critics and readers alike. Dealing - among many other things - with friendship, love, war, three cultures and three families over three generations, one brown mouse, and the tricky way the past has of coming back and biting you on the ankle, it is a life-affirming, riotous must-listen.
Critic Reviews
"Funny, clever...and a rollicking good read." (Independent)
"An astonishingly assured but, funny and serious...I was delighted." (Salman Rushdie)
"The almost preposterous talent was clear from the first pages." (Julian Barnes, Guardian)
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- Anonymous User
- 10-07-2019
Wonderful story and incredible performances
I loved this book. It was well written with a compelling plot.
Sometimes I feel like I missed out on something by listening to the audiobook rather than reading it in my own voice, but this was absolutely not the case with this one. The readings were outstanding and a delight to listen to. I wouldn’t just recommend this book, I would recommend the audiobook specifically.
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- Nicholas Malpas
- 30-05-2019
would have preferred a single narrator
It's very well produced. however I found the different narrators used for each part annoying and slightly confusing, esp since they all do voicds for the characters meaning that each character sounds different in each part.
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- Kristian
- 21-07-2018
Getting through this audiobook felt like a chore
I think Zadie Smith is a great writer and inspiring individual, that being said I really didn’t enjoy this audiobook. I found the story and most of its characters quite dull and I was strained to make it through this arduous tale. Maybe it’s because I grew up and have lived in the area featured in this book and know the many people just like the characters that I found nothing fascinating in them. I also found some of the narration quite numbly delivered, although not all of it as it does have four narrators covering each quarter of the book.
I felt this story would have been best told as a comedy, yet there are very few laughs throughout the book.
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- S. Brearley
- 29-08-2018
Spoilt by uneven narration
This is a great story but not a great audiobook. There doesn't seem to be any logic to having four different narrators and two of them are awful. Lenny Henry starts off brilliantly, only to be succeeded by Sagar Arya who gives every character the same voice and accent. Pippa Bennet-Warner retrieves things a little (although she's not as good as Lenny) but the final section is given to Ray Panthaki who completely murders the denouement of the novel. He puts emphasis in the wrong places and clearly is often just reading out the words with no idea of what the sentence means. Don't they have producers for these things?
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- KA ALVAREZ AGUILAR
- 25-04-2019
at times, it was engaging
at times it was vvery engaging and some other times, I felt like it dragged on
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- Janet
- 20-03-2019
Interesting story, but I was unmoved
The characters were well defined, each having their own quirky background story. They all come together at the tense theatrical denouement after a meandering storyline told from the perspectives of the different protagonists. I can understand why this book was so popular and well-reviewed. It was vital and compelling.
For some reason I did not enjoy it as much as I expected, and I am struggling to understand why. It could be that I find London too ordinary and depressing. It could be that I had no empathy with any character. It could be the narration that started well with Lenny Henry, but lacked energy and emotion by the end.
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- JShow
- 04-10-2019
What an adventure!
I thoroughly enjoyed the story and the characters drew me in from the start. The narrator's were good on the whole but there were alot of different accents to cover and some where more adept at mimicry where the others grated my nerves at times. It was not bad enough for me to stop listening but did distract me. Overall loved this book and would recommend the audiobook.
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- Jen167
- 01-09-2019
Climatic final quarter ruined by weak narration
In a few years, I think I'd be willing to give the physical book a try. I loved the story and the writing and whilst it was slow paced I found it really colourful and interesting with vibrant carachters.
However, like so many other reviewers I felt the narration - the final narrator in particular - really let down the telling of the novel. I missed a lot of the climactic last quarter... purely because my mind had wandered. It took me ages to finish because whilst I wanted to hear what happened, the knowledge I had to endure another hour of that narration kept me from coming back - I listened to two other audiobooks before finally returning to this one.
If you are in two minds, I would suggest you buy a physical copy and read it with your eyes, for the sake of your ears.
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- Andy Milner
- 24-06-2019
most entertaining pause for thought
really enjoyed the narrative / social history lesson. found the changing storytellers did not add to my enjoyment and reflecting on a small piece of content from within about the disappointment felt when soap opera replaces a character with another actor.
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- Adam Preston
- 22-05-2019
Difficult as an audiobook
It’s acknowledged to be a complicated story with many characters intertwined families and long historys. Hysterical realism I believe one reviewer called it. And as such I found it a difficult listen. It may be easier as a paper book.
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- Iain Kemp
- 24-04-2019
Odd production choice
I found it an odd production choice to have four different narrators. Yes the book is divided into four sections which focus the story on different characters, but it is a third person narrative which means that the whole cast of characters is given a makeover by the new narrator.
I really enjoyed the characterisations given by Sagar Area and Pippa Bennett-Warner. Sagar's Samad Iqbal was terrific and Pippa's voicing of the younger characters was brilliant. However, like many other reviewers, I felt let down by the fourth and final narrator who seems to have made the conscious decision not to distinguish between characters (with the exception of Mickey) and gave a listless performance to much of the narration. This, unfortunately, made the story hard to follow and detracted somewhat from the climax of the novel.
The novel as a whole was very different to what I had expected (not in an unpleasant way), spanning several decades and generations of the two main families and having moments of real humour to drive the story along.
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- Anonymous User
- 14-04-2019
fantastic
This was a great audiobook, I loved the changing voices! and the swift movement through the book. I really recommend this audiobook!
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- rachel
- 06-04-2019
Spoiled by Final Narrator
Unfortunately the whole book was ruined for me by the last narrator who was emotionless, shouty, and constantly confused me due to his monotone voice.
The other narrators were great though.