Comments on: Cloudstreet by Tim Winton

By: Numpty

Numpty — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 21:37:25 +0000

Well, in your case, it might help you learn how to read and write proper English.

By: chols

chols — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 08:02:46 +0000

LOL; Its amazing how many different ways people can find to all say the same things. Personally, I haven’t read the novel, but we’re doing the script for English and, true, at first I didn’t find it the most riveting of stories, until I stopped looking at the words and started looking at the story that it was portraying and the characters whose traits are still so easily seen in people of today. That was the point upon which I got hooked.

Also, although I found reading back through previous comments posted amusing, what really gets me is that people can be so bitchy about each other’s opinions. Just because someone does or doesn’t like something that you do doesn’t mean that they’re limited to a whole of 10 brain cells. Everyone likes different things, especially when it comes to things like books, art, movies, etc. It’s like asking a person whose lactose intolerant why they don’t like drinking milk? As pointed out above in relation to the pig, everyone has their own interpretations of things but just because they’re different to our own does this mean that we nail them to a stake and set them on fire? Hello! We’re in the C21 here! Not on some witch hunt in medieval times when people were killed just because they were different!

p.s. sorry for rambling, I only meant to make a brief statement. So much for that idea :b

By: attention

attention — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 17:39:31 +0000

if you say a book is boring, its not the book that is boring, only a boring person.

By: John

John — Sun, 29 May 2011 10:20:51 +0000

I find this book very similar to A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. I hated every bit of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn until the very end. I felt the same way about Cloudstreet until I realized everything was coming together. What made both novels good in the end where the strong characters and both authors abilities to tie-in random events to the end. Personally I still couldn’t stand A Tree Grows in Brooklyn but Cloudstreet was so well crafted that it was enjoyable in the end. Could have been heaps shorter!

By: Alaecia

Alaecia — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 15:57:30 +0000

Not only is each sentence perfectly crafted, all of the intricately woven symbolism & sub-plots create a story that is as perfectly constructed as the networks of the human brain.

By: Alaecia

Alaecia — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 15:50:17 +0000

I read this book in HSC English. It is definitely my favourite book of all time. I am in love with the way Winton uses language. Beautiful words. Interesting and expressive use of (& lack of) punctuation. It’s no ordinary read. Each sentence is perfectly crafted. It’s genius.

By: k

Thu, 11 Nov 2010 06:39:04 +0000

At first thought I wasnt a fan of this book and ended up putting it down for a while. However, I eventually picked it up again and managed to really get into it. While it may not put quotation marks around speech and have a set structure and plot, I found that these factors contributed to the overall theme of the novel as well as the fact that it is supposed to represent life. Many who complained about the first few chapters are forgetting that in the grand scheme of the things, life has its dull moments, however they all eventually lead to something bigger and if you gave the book a chance like I did, you would see the stories evolve along with the characters.

By: unadara

unadara — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 17:51:59 +0000

I have to read Cloudstreet for a literature course here in Ireland. I knew Winton was one of the chosen authors and was delighted as I have read Dirt Music, Breathe, Open Swimmer and some short stories and have really enjoyed his descriptions-especially of the ocean, surf, beach towns culture. I do have problems with the language and would love a means to translate some of the lingo!. I am now so looking forward to reading this novel. I goggled winton cloudstreet..and this was the first item I went on to. I am so happy that in Australia the “government” have the wisdom to put current writers who write on modern themes on the literature syllabus. You Australians are lucky. Irish writers are not too bad either!

By: anonymous

anonymous — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 07:58:35 +0000

The beauty about this book is the language and the style. If you don’t take it too seriously, and simply read it for the language, it’s amazing. I could read those sorts of sentences over and over again…

By: Amelia

Amelia — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 14:36:31 +0000

It’s a story about the spiritual journeys that the characters take. =/ I can understand how people find it hard to follow, it’s really each to his own.

I really enjoyed the book, to be honest. All characters I found interesting. Each character has his or her own little quest, like Fish and his wish to reconnect with his spirituality or Quick and his acceptance of other’s grief. Or, well, that’s how I interpreted it. You really have to read between the lines with this book, which is why I can understand how maybe younger readers would find it harder to connect with.

Josiah, I agreee~