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A review by lory_enterenchanted
Cloudstreet by Tim Winton
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
4.5
Reviews and more on my blog: Entering the Enchanted Castle
Winton's novel immerses the reader in the lives of two very different families who become linked through inhabiting a common house. It's wonderful to see how their distrust and separation slowly melt, and the walls literally come down between them, while many aspect of human experience, in all its dirt and glory, are touched on. Winton's style is poetic, impressionistic, jumping about from character to character; it's not a book to read for the plot, but for getting into the heads of a number of people who will become as real to you as your own family. The middle section had me a bit bogged down at times, but I'm glad I stuck through to the end, which moved and touched me.
Winton's novel immerses the reader in the lives of two very different families who become linked through inhabiting a common house. It's wonderful to see how their distrust and separation slowly melt, and the walls literally come down between them, while many aspect of human experience, in all its dirt and glory, are touched on. Winton's style is poetic, impressionistic, jumping about from character to character; it's not a book to read for the plot, but for getting into the heads of a number of people who will become as real to you as your own family. The middle section had me a bit bogged down at times, but I'm glad I stuck through to the end, which moved and touched me.