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tommooney 's review for:
Cloudstreet
by Tim Winton
This epic family saga has several interesting plotlines and tons of quirky, often bonkers characters.
But I couldn't quite love it for a couple of reasons. My main issue is the style and structure of the novel, which distracts rather than enhances the story. It is very fragmented and full of short sub-chapters which affects the flow. Winton's prose is quite raw here and sometimes a little too colloquial.
There are elements of Strout's Olive Kitteridge and Drury's Grouse County trilogy but, while there is plenty in there for fans of those works, it is an ultimately inferior book.
But I couldn't quite love it for a couple of reasons. My main issue is the style and structure of the novel, which distracts rather than enhances the story. It is very fragmented and full of short sub-chapters which affects the flow. Winton's prose is quite raw here and sometimes a little too colloquial.
There are elements of Strout's Olive Kitteridge and Drury's Grouse County trilogy but, while there is plenty in there for fans of those works, it is an ultimately inferior book.