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whatdaniellereadnext 's review for:
Summer
by Ali Smith
I found it difficult to get on with. I wasn't gelling with the stream of consciousness style of writing, hated the lack of speech marks and didn't like the characters very much either if I'm honest, especially not Robert (though one of his pranks did garner a laugh). It jumps through different eras with no explanation too, which was pretty jarring.
But at around two thirds of the way through it 'clicked' I guess. I started to enjoy it. So much so that the last third of the book took a couple of hours tops, where the other two thirds had been days worth of forcing myself to pick it up.
This was written, at least partially, during the covid pandemic, but it isn't wholly about that, which I'm thankful for. It deals with a lot of tough topics, including racism, immigration and the aftermath of the Brexit vote here in the UK.
Now I haven't read the rest of the Seasonal Quartet yet, I have them ready but I need to read them in the seasons they correspond to.
The last third of the book rescued it from getting 2 stars.
But at around two thirds of the way through it 'clicked' I guess. I started to enjoy it. So much so that the last third of the book took a couple of hours tops, where the other two thirds had been days worth of forcing myself to pick it up.
This was written, at least partially, during the covid pandemic, but it isn't wholly about that, which I'm thankful for. It deals with a lot of tough topics, including racism, immigration and the aftermath of the Brexit vote here in the UK.
Now I haven't read the rest of the Seasonal Quartet yet, I have them ready but I need to read them in the seasons they correspond to.
The last third of the book rescued it from getting 2 stars.