Reviews for Sack of Teeth

The average rating for Sack of Teeth based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2014-11-19 00:00:00 Steven Hilaski The beauty of a good coming-of-age novel is that we can empathize or at least learn from the pain of the characters. And that is what one can do with this book. The story is set in September 1965 and it is Jack's first day of school. But it also the day that Jack's mother learns of her husband's affair while trying to deal with the suicide of their downstairs tenant (And her secret love.) Buday divides the narrative of the of the book between the voices of the three family members to brilliantly make the reader hear and feel the confusion and anguish of the lifestyle that exists in that cohesion.

Review # 2 was written on 2013-04-13 00:00:00 Katie Isra This is an excellent book, up until the last page. There lurks a deeply disappointing ending, not so much for how the narrative ends but that it ends when it does. Gah! What happened to Jack? you want to shriek, To horrible Egbert and the doomed Ivor? I really liked the kids in this tale, and for the most part, contrasted as they are with the adults make the adults behavior seem even more reprehensible. The tale in general, though too short, is really good, an interesting read, with some historical provinence to bind it all together.