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A review by shimmery
Spring by Ali Smith
4.0
I go in to every Ali Smith book I read thinking she is the greatest living writer and I finish every one with that thought confirmed.
This latest edition to her seasonal series is a bit all over the place, a bit disjointed and fragmented, but I love that. I like how vital her work is, it feels like she isn’t being precious about her writing or trying to create perfect art or even conscious of it, she is just telling stories and writing about things that actually matter — in this book, the plight of refugees and immigrants and the awful conditions they face in detention centres.
The book has some horrific content in it — all stuff that is actually going on now, in Britain — and yet Ali Smith forgives every character and shows hope by uncovering the humanity among all the awfulness.
This latest edition to her seasonal series is a bit all over the place, a bit disjointed and fragmented, but I love that. I like how vital her work is, it feels like she isn’t being precious about her writing or trying to create perfect art or even conscious of it, she is just telling stories and writing about things that actually matter — in this book, the plight of refugees and immigrants and the awful conditions they face in detention centres.
The book has some horrific content in it — all stuff that is actually going on now, in Britain — and yet Ali Smith forgives every character and shows hope by uncovering the humanity among all the awfulness.