Cloudstreet Audiobook (Unabridged)

" Very easy to read. Easy to picture the hardship face be each individual and also the difficult and complicated relationships of the two families. I feel myself in the setting, through the characters and how their lives where interwoven and spectacularly simple. "

" I just finished this and OMG!! I loved it. I added this last year hoping to get it read but didn't manage it. Can't remember why but wow! I just got so involved with the characters and found that I couldn't put the damn thing down. "

" One quarter of it should have been edited out otherwise it was great. "

" This one was suggested to the Book Club but editions were too hard to find. I am reading it on my own. I find the story captivating. The author can really bring the opposites without offending the natural balance of the main characters. "

" Aussie classic - amazing characters. Winto captures Aus so well "

" The best Australian book I've read for a long time. "

" Good Story, but not in tune with his style of writing in some places. "

" My favourite book of all time. "

" I didn't really understand the supernatural component of the book, but it is set virtually in my neighbourhood, so it was a good read. "

" On of my favourite Winton novels. A beautiful piece. "

" I got through most of this. It was strange. I wanted to know what happened but not enough to push through the weirdness to finish it. The writer was trying really hard with the dialect. Mostly it was depressing. "

" Absolutely stunning. "

" Deserves all the accolades that have been heaped upon it. "

" an epic of a working class family in perth during and after wwII--funny and fascinating "

" Fun book with a ripping plot and fab cast of characters that seems to be about elemental connections to the land,with the two white Aussie families tossed on the tides of fate and either railing against it or giving themselves over to it. It rumbles around after it finishes. "

" wonderful, incredible descriptions of family members anf friends and the emotions experience, unusual in places but could not put it down "

" Loved it- lyrical and gritty at the same time. Might go on my all time top ten list. Kind of Owen Meany meets Angela's Ashes under a Tree that Grows in Australia? "

" very enjoyable overall, great characters. the magically realistic portions/ more metaphysical experiments did not work for me. "

" Saw the mini-series on TV... thought it would be a good book... it was great. "

" A classic Australian book, this is a truly amazing story of two very different families with so many things in common - humanity at its best. "

" I read this when a friend was doing this as her year 12 book. I really enjoyed it and was very glad I could just read it and not have to pull it apart and analyse every section. I could understand though why it has been studied so often. There is a lot in here. "

" Amazing! One of my favourite books. An epic novel about family and forgiveness and the 'shifty shadow of luck'. Surreally good prose. "

" Undoubtedly Winton's best book! It takes you to another place where you don't want to come down from. Must read! "

" It's a slow and steady grab, but fully enraptured by the end. "

" Enjoyable, but I had to look up lots of Aussie slang terms when I got home. Read this on a cross-country flight. "

" brilliant-reminiscent of joyce and faulkner "

" Probably my favourite modern Australian novel. Funny and sad, quirky and eccentric. It's a great read and made a truly memorable piece of theatre. "

" It's a slow and steady grab, but fully enraptured by the end. "

" Wonderful Aussie story filled with love, laughter, wit, sadness and characters that will stay with you . Winton captures the charm and the spirit of the battlers and his story is a testament to his ability to create characters that are real and matter to the reader. "

" I cannot recommend this book enough. I somehow managed to get through six years of Australian high schooling without ever reading it (I guess my marks are proof of that), but soon discovered it just after.People, read this book! "

" This is a great story about life in small town Australia in the WW II era. "

" It was okay in some parts, but not a book I enjoyed reading. I am very relieved that I have FINALLY FINISHED IT. "

" Gave up 120 pages in. Lots of beautiful writing, but the writing floats above and masks characters that I could never quite believe in and an overbaked (and yet somehow static-feeling) plot. "

" What an unbelievably great book - very familiar in detail. It could have been where I grew up. "

" maybe the best book I have ever read "

" A little slow to start but by the end i found i really enjoyed it :) "

" i loved how australian it was ! and how it was set in that period although i thought the ending could have been better can't wait til its on tv ! "