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throwerp's review
2.0
I was excited to start my first Tim Winton book and for the first hundred or so pages I was heavily invested and enjoying it.
Yes, there was some waffling, but it was a pleasant enough story, and I was intrigued about the characters.
However, all of a sudden, it just became boring. It became too waffle-y and the thin story it was telling became unbearable. I got bored real fast towards the end
Yes, there was some waffling, but it was a pleasant enough story, and I was intrigued about the characters.
However, all of a sudden, it just became boring. It became too waffle-y and the thin story it was telling became unbearable. I got bored real fast towards the end
ltobin's review against another edition
4.0
This is not a love story. This is a story of when two outcasts in a small town come together and share their broken lives.
Georgie is with Jim Buckridge, someone who is revered in the small fishing town of White Point. His sons show her contempt but she feels they love her deep down but cant show it.
Luther Fox, destroyed by a horrific accident that took his whole family has been living by stealing fish since. A xenophobic neighbour mutilates his dog and runs him out of town once he finds out about him and Georgie.
The characters in this book are very compelling. We become frustrated with Georgie. She has lived her life with little care and has always strived for her Mother to approve of her yet she never has. She is reckless but is also marked with cynicism. Her life in White Point is boring and she has no interest in mingling with any of her neighbours because of the knowledge that she will never be accepted.
Fox on the other hand is damaged goods. He lives with his dog, and makes a living stealing from the fishermen he reviles. His family is known for bad luck in the town from long ago.
He realises when he is deep in the outback that he has been grieving for people who didn't treat him very well, he is comfortable with this assessment but still feels grief. He always knew his brother and his wife weren't the nicest of people, but feels indebted to them still for the music.
As with most Tim Winton books, the language really makes the book great. The descriptions particularly of Coronation Island are fantastic. Since Winton is a resident of WA, you know he has been in places similar to this, and you can almost picture Coronation Island being in the Kimberleys somewhere.
Georgie is with Jim Buckridge, someone who is revered in the small fishing town of White Point. His sons show her contempt but she feels they love her deep down but cant show it.
Luther Fox, destroyed by a horrific accident that took his whole family has been living by stealing fish since. A xenophobic neighbour mutilates his dog and runs him out of town once he finds out about him and Georgie.
The characters in this book are very compelling. We become frustrated with Georgie. She has lived her life with little care and has always strived for her Mother to approve of her yet she never has. She is reckless but is also marked with cynicism. Her life in White Point is boring and she has no interest in mingling with any of her neighbours because of the knowledge that she will never be accepted.
Fox on the other hand is damaged goods. He lives with his dog, and makes a living stealing from the fishermen he reviles. His family is known for bad luck in the town from long ago.
He realises when he is deep in the outback that he has been grieving for people who didn't treat him very well, he is comfortable with this assessment but still feels grief. He always knew his brother and his wife weren't the nicest of people, but feels indebted to them still for the music.
As with most Tim Winton books, the language really makes the book great. The descriptions particularly of Coronation Island are fantastic. Since Winton is a resident of WA, you know he has been in places similar to this, and you can almost picture Coronation Island being in the Kimberleys somewhere.
amyburra29's review against another edition
5.0
One of my top 5 reads in as many years. So visceral and entrancing, I can relate to almost every character and that tantalising conflict of bad / good is just as puzzling as in the characters of any great epic.
itor's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
pixiegael's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Beautifully drawn characters and a great story.
Many years ago, I travelled up the coast of Western Australia, visited Broome and Kununurra, so I really enjoyed revisiting the locations in this book.
Many years ago, I travelled up the coast of Western Australia, visited Broome and Kununurra, so I really enjoyed revisiting the locations in this book.
needilup's review against another edition
2.0
I should like Tim's books, but I just can't get emotionally involved with the characters. I remember that the current premier of Western Australia, Geoff Gallop had said that he really enjoyed this book so I bought the hardcover edition. And read it once and gave it away as I just wasn't enthralled.
reachant's review against another edition
4.0
Tim Winton is simply one of Australia’s best authors. This is another one of his beautiful works of love and heartbreak and the human condition.
basedgoth's review against another edition
4.0
ripped through the second half of this to my own surprise.
Dirt Music is my second Tim Winton novel, after Cloudstreet, and i’ve decided i like it quite a bit more.
gotta love Tim Winton and his skill at crafting quintessential Western Australia from his words. pages and pages and pages of descriptions of earth and trees and sand and reefs. great if you’re into that kinda thing. nothing is drowned in dialogue. what you find is a love story, but it’s buried under the surface and you wanna keep digging.
Dirt Music is my second Tim Winton novel, after Cloudstreet, and i’ve decided i like it quite a bit more.
gotta love Tim Winton and his skill at crafting quintessential Western Australia from his words. pages and pages and pages of descriptions of earth and trees and sand and reefs. great if you’re into that kinda thing. nothing is drowned in dialogue. what you find is a love story, but it’s buried under the surface and you wanna keep digging.
sloatsj's review against another edition
2.0
"The covers of this book are too far apart."
— Ambrose Bierce
— Ambrose Bierce
gabphe1's review against another edition
5.0
Immersive, for a long book I kept wishing there was more.