A review by tomleetang
Cloudstreet by Tim Winton

4.0

Reminded me of the Madness song Our House, particularly the line: "There's always something happening, and it's usually quite loud." Follows a pair of families as they slowly evolve with the passing of decades. Delightfully colourful pageant of Aussie characters, whose small-town lives are tinged with plenty of lows and a few glorious highs. There's a cheerful tone throughout, even if these are tough existences, only romanticised by the tinge of mysticism the author throws in, just for the hell of it.

There are plenty of overly plotted moments, and the last pages wrap things up with a neatness that only just avoids being pat.