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A review by jess_mango
Winter by Ali Smith
4.0
This is the 2nd book in Smith's seasonal quartet. I read the first book, Autumn, well, back in autumn and liked it. And since it is now winter, it seemed like the perfect time to read Winter. I bet you can't guess what I'll be reading this spring? ;)
Nature-blogger, Art, treks out to his mom's country manor to spend Christmas with her. It ends up being a bizarre gathering with lots of flashbacks to earlier times in Art's life and his mom Sophia's life. Some of the best moments were the scenes featuring Sophia and her sister Iris. They are both polar opposites and quarrel a lot but clearly have a soft spot for each other. They will be arguing then randomly break into song.
As usual, Smith's writing is stellar. The book is a series of vignettes with ponderings on nature, art, treatment of immigrants and refugees and more.
My random brain dump of thoughts on this book:
More social commentary on Brexit (and Trump). Very current and aware. Clever, offbeat, engaging. Lots of word-play and literary references. Good stuff!
This book counts towards the Popsugar 2020 Reading Challenge prompt #39: a prompt from a past PopSugar challenge (for which I picked the 2019 prompt to read a book in the season it takes place).
Nature-blogger, Art, treks out to his mom's country manor to spend Christmas with her. It ends up being a bizarre gathering with lots of flashbacks to earlier times in Art's life and his mom Sophia's life. Some of the best moments were the scenes featuring Sophia and her sister Iris. They are both polar opposites and quarrel a lot but clearly have a soft spot for each other. They will be arguing then randomly break into song.
As usual, Smith's writing is stellar. The book is a series of vignettes with ponderings on nature, art, treatment of immigrants and refugees and more.
My random brain dump of thoughts on this book:
More social commentary on Brexit (and Trump). Very current and aware. Clever, offbeat, engaging. Lots of word-play and literary references. Good stuff!
This book counts towards the Popsugar 2020 Reading Challenge prompt #39: a prompt from a past PopSugar challenge (for which I picked the 2019 prompt to read a book in the season it takes place).