Review: strategetically written
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 27, 2013
I did not think that I would enjoy this novel, simply because of the fact that it seems a bit too strange with the kind of subject that it is written about. The feeling of dislike kept on creeping up on me as I read through the weird prologue that the novel also offered- it confused me to the point of wanting to put down the book and take a break. However, once I did, I felt like something was missing- I badly wanted to know more about what the strange Spanish excerpt was all about. Why include such an odd description of a crocodile, from the point of view of someone living a long time ago in some kind of jungle? Why make him sound so extremely panicked, so overly lost and so...desperate?I think it's the desperation of this person that finally got to me, and I continued reading the next chapters with a renewed interest. And as I continued, I found that these odd little bits, spread around strategically all over the book, were what kept me going, kept me hooked onto what's happening, and kept me wanting to learn more and more.I personally feel like Song of Teeth is a very well-planned novel. It is made to make the reader keep wanting to explore, keeping those with a good imagination longing to fill in the gaps that come up within every chapter until the end. And at the end, all the little pieces fell together like a puzzle. Very well written.