Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

Tales of Ordinary Madness by Charles Bukowski

6 reviews

h_motionless's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Alcoholism, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death

atanasije's review

dark funny informative inspiring mysterious sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Gore, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Misogyny

talaalkamil's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

my biggest issue with this is how similar it felt to Post Office, which I read immediately before this. it was incredibly repetitive, genuinely identical stories and characters, so i think i need a bukowski break now.  the content is repulsive and graphic, his writing style blunt, which is entirely what one expects from him. it is different, but probably only tolerable in small doses. some of the short stories were far too graphic and for what! 

stories i liked: would you suggest writing as a career? the great zen wedding. a rain of women. animal crackers in my soup. the blanket.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Sexual content

konna's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Rape, Sexual content, and Vomit

djvuuu's review against another edition

challenging dark funny reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Violence, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Sexism, Self harm, Rape, Misogyny, Drug use, Drug abuse, Cursing, Body shaming, Alcohol, and Alcoholism

amandarech's review

0.25

disgusting.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, and Sexism

worse book I ever read.