The Accidental : A novel
by Ali Smith
Hardcover- N/A

Winner of the Whitbread Award for best novel and a finalist for the Man Booker Prize, The Accidental is the virtuoso new novel by the ...

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  "Pretentious Drivel" by brightpoweruk (see profile) 01/16/11

The consensus amongst our members was that the positive reports and glowing reviews on Amazon and on the book cover were just propaganda and written by people who had never actually tried to read this waste of paper.

Not one of our readers finished the book. After only 3 pages into it, one of us insightfully decided that there was no plot and the author's words would never reach wherever they were aimed.

The rest of us who persevered onto 2 or 3 chapters felt it was best to step back from 'The Accidental' after that and find something worthwhile to read instead.

We are concerned that the publishers may regularly invest in similar dreary, complex and unsatisfying rantings. There are so many much better writers who deserve the opportunity to go public.




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