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bundy23's review
5.0
Weird sort of mesh of poetry and short stories.
Maybe an injection of his poetry into his short stories would be a better description.
Anyway, even considering Bukowski's very low standards, these are extremely nasty tales which was a guarantee that I would love pretty much every page.
Full Disclosure: I'm a pathetic little Bukowski fanboy...
Maybe an injection of his poetry into his short stories would be a better description.
Anyway, even considering Bukowski's very low standards, these are extremely nasty tales which was a guarantee that I would love pretty much every page.
Full Disclosure: I'm a pathetic little Bukowski fanboy...
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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, and Gore
Moderate: Misogyny
hanami_sui's review
dark
reflective
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
akemi_666's review
2.0
Self-destructive man destroy everything, but wowee, what a prose.
Lotta white knights defending his misogyny, cause apparently if you're a misanthropist you hate everything in an undifferentiated manner irregardless of sociocultural signifiers. Cool, explains why he loves his daughter. (Ever heard of the mother, virgin, whore concept?)
Look, prejudice involves the construction of types, that are ranked along a biopolitical scale of worthiness and unworthiness, and if I read one more sentence about some woman's ass sending Bukowski into ecstatic idiocy, I'm going to scream.
But hey, he's in a lot of pain, poor man who ruins everything and chooses to never change his behaviour. He worked at a post office, alright? Give him some slack.
Bukowowow. Everyone is a bore. Weowee. That is a hot chica. Awuug. *Throws up*
Lotta white knights defending his misogyny, cause apparently if you're a misanthropist you hate everything in an undifferentiated manner irregardless of sociocultural signifiers. Cool, explains why he loves his daughter. (Ever heard of the mother, virgin, whore concept?)
Look, prejudice involves the construction of types, that are ranked along a biopolitical scale of worthiness and unworthiness, and if I read one more sentence about some woman's ass sending Bukowski into ecstatic idiocy, I'm going to scream.
But hey, he's in a lot of pain, poor man who ruins everything and chooses to never change his behaviour. He worked at a post office, alright? Give him some slack.
Bukowowow. Everyone is a bore. Weowee. That is a hot chica. Awuug. *Throws up*