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A review by nandinir
Cloudstreet by Tim Winton
3.0
3.5 stars
The writing flows well and the book had great themes about family and guilt. Winton has the ability to create this beatiful images in our mind while mixing more casual diction in at the same time. Some characters were well-writtena and complex, such as Oriel, Fish, Quick. But this is nullified amount of useless two-dimensional characters (Chub, Elaine, Lon etc..) that had no development and were just there to fill the numbers. Unfortunately it was difficult for me to immerse myself and resonate with the story.
It started off alright but was a real struggle to get through near the last quarter. Maybe it was because I was too dumb to understand some of that nonsensical madness or maybe I was feeling fatigued at that point.
The writing flows well and the book had great themes about family and guilt. Winton has the ability to create this beatiful images in our mind while mixing more casual diction in at the same time. Some characters were well-writtena and complex, such as Oriel, Fish, Quick. But this is nullified amount of useless two-dimensional characters (Chub, Elaine, Lon etc..) that had no development and were just there to fill the numbers. Unfortunately it was difficult for me to immerse myself and resonate with the story.
It started off alright but was a real struggle to get through near the last quarter. Maybe it was because I was too dumb to understand some of that nonsensical madness or maybe I was feeling fatigued at that point.