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In the Winter Dark Tim Winton 9780140274035 Books Reviews

This book was a complete waste of time and money. It not only lacks direction, but it appears that Tim Winton was unsuccessful in even figuring out the point of his own story. This was the first book I read of his - and definitely the last. I didn't even manage to get through the book before it was turned into something more useful - such as a recyclable item!
Dark is right. The characters and the landscape are full of dreams that mock their inability to know what they want from life, let alone have the courage to strive for it. The girl is in the same mould - although more "feral" than the older inghabitants of the valley (portraying the reality that each generation is gettting less "fit" for any life). The fear of the other feral, the big cat, also drives the characters to even more callow behaviour.
All the characters such pathetic creatures that their death or probable future imprisonment seems meaningless.
Without one character to care about, I did not care for the book despite its powerful prose and clever swapping of narrator as the action unfolds
Based on the other reviews, and some folk I've spoken to, Tim Winton is the kind of writer who polarises opinion. And it seems his voice is one which has immediate impact in this regard. People very quickly seem to either love or hate his work.

I, for one, fall heavily into the "love" side. Winton's greatest strength appears to be his ability to get the reader to tell themselves the story. His style is rich in mood and sparse in explanation, giving readers cause to do some of the work themselves. I'm sure that approach is not for everyone, but it works for me. I feel like an investor - a conspirator even - every time I read a Winton story.

In The Winter Dark is most assuredly a bleak tale. The characters are irascible and dark, seemingly cauterised from every other part of existence. At times it feels as if they sense the reader observing them, trying to get to know them, and they step back and close off. It's the kind of trait which is very strong in (but not exclusive to) country Australia, where the story is set.

This is by no means a horror story, but I feel horror readers would perhaps appreciate this more than casual readers. Though there's enough within the story to suggest a tangible danger to life and limb, it's the darkness of the characters' memories and experiences which quicken the pulse.
Can't go wrong with Tim Winton.