Reviews

Winter by Ali Smith

melodyrose25's review

emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

sian_m's review

2.0

I really wanted to like this book more. This authors books always intrigue me, but it just didn’t reel me in. I will definitely try another book sometime.

tigerkind's review

emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

these books make me feel kind of stupid but I love the vibes

On a more serious note; Smith once again accomplished what she set out to do – capture the essence of a season. The books in this series are intelligent, nuanced and populated by well-rounded characters. 
Even though I find them somewhat obscure and would probably need to read  secondary literature to fully understand them, I will definitely be reading more. 

elthompson97's review

emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

katie_skean's review

Lovely. Really appreciated how the wealthy, politically conservative sister was fleshed out into a full human character and the creative, compassionate, awesome activist sister had some humanizing flaws. Like I know that should be a low bar, and Ali Smith did a lot more noteworthy things in this book like her famous wordplay and creativity in general, I guess I've just suffered through too many subpar books in my lifetime to not appreciate and notice these sorts of hallmarks of basic, competent novel writing.

annivalo's review against another edition

3.0

- inhimillisyys, mielenterveys, mielenosoitus, ihmissuhteet, sisarsuhde, perhedynamiikka
- poukkoileva, hetkellinen

suvata's review against another edition

4.0

This is the second 5-star read by Ali Smith. Her work is magical and poetic. This not just another novel. In this, the second in her Seasonal series, she totally captures the essence of winter — the bleakness, the darkness, the bitter cold. At the same time, the baroness of the trees make more things visible. The book also feels hopeful at times — full of joy and happiness and the promise of things to come. All the this is told through the story of Sophia Cleves and her family getting together for Christmas. Very Dickensian tale. I can’t wait for Spring to come!

jennybpenny's review against another edition

4.0

"I said, Art is seeing things. And your aunt said, that's a great description of what art is."

motherofladybirds's review

4.0

I enjoyed the structure of returning to Christmases past. The relationship between the sisters over time and the references to art and literature. I also enjoyed finding out more about rge Greenham ommon protests.

luciiiii's review

4.0

This book was really good. Much less confusing then Autumn which I like because it made it easier for me to read. The characters are all very interesting and the story is pretty unique. I enjoyed