Fauve's review
The Accidental by Ali Smith
Fauve's review
One of the great things about majoring in languages is the ability to spend the entire afternoon in the sun, reading a book, and still be studying. This past semester, one of these books was Ali Smith’s The Accidental. It is possibly the most experimental novel I’ve read so far, and I loved it so much more than I thought I would.
The novel starts with a woman showing up at the front door of the Smart’s holiday house. “Am I late?”, she asks. Inviting herself, Amber starts to live with the Smarts. She is very rude to them, but yet all the members of the Smart family seem to look up to her and allow themselves to be influenced by her. This is not hard for the two children, who are both going through rough ages, but most surprising is Amber’s influence on Eve, the mother. Even if Eve is the one with the strength and resolve to kick Amber out at the end, she seems to be the one most affected and changed by the visit.
Now, The Accidental is a hard novel to review since you’re...more
The novel starts with a woman showing up at the front door of the Smart’s holiday house. “Am I late?”, she asks. Inviting herself, Amber starts to live with the Smarts. She is very rude to them, but yet all the members of the Smart family seem to look up to her and allow themselves to be influenced by her. This is not hard for the two children, who are both going through rough ages, but most surprising is Amber’s influence on Eve, the mother. Even if Eve is the one with the strength and resolve to kick Amber out at the end, she seems to be the one most affected and changed by the visit.
Now, The Accidental is a hard novel to review since you’re...more
