A review by casebounder
Winter by Ali Smith

3.0

I read most of Ali Smith’s new Seasonal Quartet entry, Winter, on my flight down to Texas. It turned out to be a great holiday read about sitting down to Christmas dinner with family whom you don’t see eye-to-eye. And of course Smith is also still artfully investigating the generational gaps and ideological biases that lead to Britain’s Brexit vote. For me, living under Trump’s administration in the US, Smith’s quartet has been a balm of sorts for my healthy snowflake outrage. (He said with pride.) Definitely looking forward to Spring and Summer in 2018. And while we’re at it, midterm elections.

I think I enjoyed Autumn more - but it’s hard to say. For me, there’s a character pairing in Autumn that I really enjoyed and became the heart of the story. Winter doesn’t have such a strong center, but it *did* read more accessibly and effectively overall.