A review by katewhite77
Summer by Ali Smith
challenging
emotional
funny
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
<strong>A meditation on the summer and how the past should inform the present.</strong>
So that we might then inform the future. However we don't seem to be learning from the past so we can't expect the future to take us seriously either.
The above makes this novel sound really dreary but nothing could be further from the the truth, which make the messages it's trying convey all the more powerful.
The words fair dance off the page because of the way Smith plays with time, language, and points of view.
This is a book I plan to listen to again as I think I will get out of it after hearing it but I am glad to have read it first.
So that we might then inform the future. However we don't seem to be learning from the past so we can't expect the future to take us seriously either.
The above makes this novel sound really dreary but nothing could be further from the the truth, which make the messages it's trying convey all the more powerful.
The words fair dance off the page because of the way Smith plays with time, language, and points of view.
This is a book I plan to listen to again as I think I will get out of it after hearing it but I am glad to have read it first.
Content Warnings
Minor: Death and War