THE ACCIDENTAL BY ALI SMITHSynopsis:
The Smart family's lacklustre holiday in Norwich is turned upside down when a beguiling stranger called Amber appears, bringing with her love, joy, pain and upheaval. The Smarts try to make sense of their bewildering emotions as Amber tramples over family boundaries and forces them to think about their world and themselves in an entirely new way. The Accidental is at once a mysterious web of secret identities and a ruthlessly honest look at the silent cracks that can develop unnoticed in relationships over time.
I thought I'd do this review in a question and answer format.
Did You Enjoy This Audiobook? Not really
Why Not? I thought the overall story was quite boring, all the characters had a turn in the 1st person to talk about themselves and sometimes I couldn't understand which era they were talking about, whether it was past or present.
What Did You Think About The Characters? I didn't like or empathise with any of them, probably the only one I did like a little bit was the young girl Astrid.
What Did You Think The Author Was Trying To Say? I have no idea! I wondered if the story was too intelligent for me and I was too thick to understand it or whether the whole novel was just not very good.
How Did You Feel At The End? Apart from feeling glad that I'd finished it, I felt utterly confused.
Would You Recommend It? No. For me, too much was left unexplained, for example, who was Amber and where did she come from?
My Rating? 3/10
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