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A review by alys_sad
Winter by Ali Smith
4.5
I just adore Ali Smith’s prose and the way she weaves politics, humanity and art so far in this seasonal quartet.
The book is as dreary and slow as the Winter season, and that makes it easy to want to rate it lower. But in the ennui there is also such a comedy that left me giggling at multiple points. And how it all wove together felt clever and satisfying to my brain.
It brought me right back to the intensity of what it felt (feels? Has it ended yet?) like a never ending winter brought on by Trumpism and Brexit.
But also the relatable feeling of just being a very ordinary and unimportant adult, with complicated family relationships, just trying to get by during the womp womp Christmas season. While the world is burning all around you and humanity is seemingly turning on itself🫠.
Best read at the beginning of the winter season, in December or over the Christmas holidays.
The book is as dreary and slow as the Winter season, and that makes it easy to want to rate it lower. But in the ennui there is also such a comedy that left me giggling at multiple points. And how it all wove together felt clever and satisfying to my brain.
It brought me right back to the intensity of what it felt (feels? Has it ended yet?) like a never ending winter brought on by Trumpism and Brexit.
But also the relatable feeling of just being a very ordinary and unimportant adult, with complicated family relationships, just trying to get by during the womp womp Christmas season. While the world is burning all around you and humanity is seemingly turning on itself🫠.
Best read at the beginning of the winter season, in December or over the Christmas holidays.