The Accidental
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780241143469 (0241143462)
Publish date: 2005
Publisher: Hamish Hamilton
Edition language: English
Category:
Young Adult,
Novels,
Literature,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Cultural,
Book Club,
Literary Fiction,
Coming Of Age,
Contemporary,
Modern,
Female Authors,
Scotland
The strength of this novel, for me, is in the very tight point of view for each of the chapters, right down to the individual use of language by the characters whose train of thought we are following. For instance, in the chapter where we first meet Astrid and her reaction to the country village whe...
I love Ali Smith, and after reading How to Be Both and There but for the I wanted to explore more of her earlier work. The Accidental is stylistically perfect, but it left me a bit cold. The plot is simple: a family of four are holidaying in Norfolk, and during their stay a woman named Amber ap...
My second book by Ali Smith and her writing chimes with me. Good psychological observations and surprisingly believable absurdity.
Meh...it was a bit formulaic and a bit like the writer was trying too hard to be original. It was ok, but only just that.
I quite simply found it to be a waste of my time. An exercise, not a novel. Annoying characters, a thoroughly ridiculous need for suspended disbelief, and no substance beyond the formal 'inventiveness' left me wanting a LOT more. I didn't hate it - but I certainly did not like it and found it to'...
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