Friday, December 28, 2007

The Accidental



The Accidental by Ali Smith was a fast read. Just a couple of days to get through. It started out great but I think it fell apart at the end. Or maybe I missed something. But I thought the ideas in the story were good. The character development was good. But then it seemed as if she wasn't sure what to do with the story.

I liked it, but was a little disappointed in the end. The story starts with a family on vacation and a stranger comes to live with them. Each family member assuming that another member invited her. Only, none of them actually did. The story is about how this stranger interacts with each member of the family along with private moments with each family member. But suddenly vacation is over, they are home and the story seems to loose its intriguing magic.

I was sad in a way about the way it ended.

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