Review: The Accidental

Ali Smith's The Accidental was definately one of the more odd books I've read along my trip both in style and story. The story is largely written from the first person, stream of conciousness perspective of four different familial characters: a 12yr old girl, 16yr old boy, 42yr old mother, and 45yr old step father. While the stream of conciousness was certainly a bit tough to get into at first it soon made the book very refreshing, entertaining, and more relatable than it might otherwise have been. The story involves this family and their chance encounter with a stranger, Amber, and how that encounter impacts them all.

Another good read and worth checking out, but be warned that you need to at least break the first 50 pages before you really get into it.