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I will say that something doesn’t sit right with me about the portrayal of Samson & his behavior, & we don’t really get a lot of answers about it. But overall, I was completely captivated by this story. If you can handle messiness & Uncut Gems-levels of stress, give this one a go. Here's where I was supposed to describe the characters, but I changed my mind. Go meet them. Go fall in love with them. Go suffer for them. Go laugh with them. Just go, dammit, just go.]
Oh and also, I find I usually can't connect with a male voice but I adored Rudy. I also adored how strong all the other characters were. Teeth, Diana and Dylan, especially.I’m not going to do that, but I hope you get my point; it’s quite a difficult book to talk about because it doesn’t feel like a normal book. Smith followed a similar model in NW but that came together as it captured the city is what trying so hard to evoke whereas this feels very much apart. I can see why many other users on here have chosen not to rate it. All of this “grittiness” is also wrapped up in some kind of bizarro-world “oh but also she’s CrAzY about a baby girl she may or may not have miscarried kinda maybe” which undermines any kind of “stark reality” her attitudes about motherhood are supposed to convey. I find it interesting that Moskowitz always manages to work in a mention of the book or author that influenced her. In Invincible Summer, all the characters are quoting Camus and the book itself is influenced by Camus’ existential prose. In Teeth, which is so obviously kafkaesque, Rudy and his friend Diana read and discuss The Metamorphosis. With this, she robs her readers of the chance to recognize these connections and influences for themselves.
With such a strong family bond and attachment to Rudy, his parents, and his younger brother, we now have the dilemma that Teeth brings with him. At first, Teeth is a rather strange character, one that, as the reader, it is impossible to know what to think of. With the progression of the novel, however, Teeth becomes every bit as real to us as Rudy and his bond of friendship - or something a little more - with Rudy is just as compelling as Rudy's bond with his younger brother. With each chapter that we read, layers of Teeth's past and his difficult life are slowly revealed to us, beginning the progression of heart-break throughout the novel. Teeth is such a deep, devastating, and depressed being that it is impossible not to love him, to want to help him and be there for him always. Even better, it is him who is willing to sacrifice his family of magical fish if push comes to shove. For Teeth, who has no family and whose existence itself is a mystery, it is the magical fish of the island that he is related to who make up his life. A super useful book with tooth brushing tutorials and discussion about why brushing is so important. And then you begin to give up the very idea of belonging. Suddenly this thing, this belonging, it seems like some long, dirty lie...and I begin to believe that birthplaces are accidents, that everything is an accident."Overall Thoughts: I guess what I thought I was getting with this book was a creepy book about a woman who felt as though her relationship with her son was hell, but what I got was an over-sexed erotic story about a horny lesbian. Talk about a bait and switch! Floss and brush together. Children love to imitate what their parents do. Allowing children to copy you flossing and brushing your teeth is a great way to build this habit and show them it's not just them that has to do it. This is a great way to set healthy habits for EYFS oral health, since they won’t feel pushed to do it whilst you’re standing there watching them - you’ll be doing it with them, too! Here we’ve got an unnamed female protagonist who had a very average yet happy upbringing in the north of England. She’s also been surrounded by diet culture, including miss “oh wow that’s so lovely” Cassie from Skins and being taught that “nothing tastes as good as skinny feels”. Reader, I can confirm Kate Moss must not have 1. eaten almond croissants or 2. experienced any joy when she infamously said this.
Foster regular tooth-brushing. Give them a fluoride toothpaste to use twice per day for two minutes. Building a routine will help make brushing their teeth second nature for children, and just another part of their day. This book tells the story of a woman's journey as a mother and partner in central Florida. Neither her son nor her marriage have turned out how she expected them. The first person narrative has a strong voice and is punctuated by occasional glimpses into the perspectives of strangers which, without fail, completely diverge from the narrator's assumptions of how others see her or the situations. I'm finished,' says Isaac and I pull his exercise book towards me. I asked him to describe his favourite hobby and he has written about eating pizza.
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This is a character study, with religious themes and historical references. Two men, who find themselves alone during the war become best friends-- Archibald Jones and Samad Iqbal. Generational in nature and how certain events shaped their lives in the most odd way. Different cultures are introduced, characters from Jamaica, Bengal and those passionate about leaflets and witnesses. I enjoyed the generational nature of how these families crossed paths and how each decision led to the most ridiculous set of events. As I’ve come to expect from Moskowitz, the writing is nothing short of spectacular and the characterization, Oh! The characterization! Here is a quote from my review of her book Gone, Gone, Gone about her characterization:
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