The Man Who Loved Children Audiobook

" Hated this book. Couldn't finish it. "

" For my money, this is one of the best Australian novels. It fuses psychological drama with a modernist preoccupation with language so to produce something beyond both realism and literary parlor games. "

" I am loving this book. Finished it today and it was amazing. I am not sure that everyone would like it - it's different. I'm glad I read it. "

" very truthful, very exhausting. took forever to finish because it takes a while to get into this world stead has created, complete with its own language. characterization is vividly done; the pollits are disgusting, thoroughly unlikable creatures that will not be forgotten easily, if ever. i loathed sam pollit so much that i was tempted to quit the book but the book has a way of sucking you in with descriptions of a childhood that is so unlike mine yet seems simultaneously very much like my own. nonetheless the writing needs some heavy editing. 3.5 stars. "

" One of the most depressing dysfunctional family novels ever written, I think. Don't want to go on, can't stop. Both parents are nightmares. This was repeatedly assigned while I was in my writing program, and I never made it very far--listening to the audio, which is marginally easier. "

" Might have benefited from some more thorough editing, but an utterly charming book. "

" brill book. felt like i was watching a film in my mind. u can almost smell that marlin oil near then. shocking ending. nice twist. "

" The man who loved children, hated his wife and sabotaged his children. If he had have stepped back that family may have thrived. Exhausting. Sad. Infuriating. Compelling and memorable reading. The startling honesty about family life must have caused a stir when first published in 1940. "

" Curious, wonderful book about a harried woman, her cruel, clueless husband and the children who suffer from the failings of both. "

" Analisi spietata ed eccellente di un ipocrita e normale sfacelo familiare. "

" When an author writes phonetically to get across the sound of a particular character's voice, I think they're not a good writer for not being able to express it legibly and allowing me to imagine it. It is incredibly difficult to read phonetically; I'm not 5. This book is a waste of time! "

" This book is such a chore to finish! I am still in love with it though. There's such a sad desperation in it with all the characters. "

" On a scale from one to completely brutal, I am giving this book five stars. Oh my godddddd. (It's really good, guys.) "

" This book is so good it's scary. I almost can't recommend it. Not for the faint of heart. "

" Fantastic choice from my local bookclub - thanks to whoever chose it! Portrays certain elements of all-too familiar family life that I have seen written about nowhere else. (Although its length and detail do rather make me feel that I deserve a medal for having read it the whoel way through.) "

" After suffering through 34 pages of unlikeable characters and miserable dialogue I gave up. "

" Hated this book. Couldn't finish it. "

" I am loving this book. Finished it today and it was amazing. I am not sure that everyone would like it - it's different. I'm glad I read it. "

" Hard going. Not sure if I have the stamina to finish it. Weird.Abandoned. "

" If I were just rating the last 150 pages, I would probably give it five stars. But, the middle section dragged and droned and deserves about 3 stars ... so an overall rating of four. "

" Dense and slow moving, but in the end satisfying and enjoyable. The characters loom large and are interesting and entertaining enough to carry us through the lulls. If all family dramas were like this, I wouldn't hate the term "Family Drama." "