Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

Post Office by Charles Bukowski

16 reviews

marval100's review

dark funny lighthearted sad fast-paced

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

4.75

This book is fabulous. Very inappropriate and raw. Has excellent commentary on how various groups of people are treated and how work takes advantage of people. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Classism

lorenzo375's review

Strongly disliked the narrator and protagonist 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Sexism

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

olijordan's review

challenging 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

1.0

A coworker said to read this. I’ll promptly be throwing it at his head. Fuck this guy and the author

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Alcoholism, Drug use, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Animal cruelty, Suicidal thoughts, Excrement, Stalking, and Pregnancy

shan__reads's review against another edition

dark emotional funny sad fast-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

1.5

Other than a raw portrayal of the mundanity of working life under capitalism, I found this book to be lacking. The main character was utterly unlikeable, and his portrayal of and disdain for women made the book almost unreadable. I appreciated the ability to convey a sense of hopelessness around work which made for an incisive critique of our current system, but other than that, I did not enjoy the book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, and Toxic relationship

tanya_100's review against another edition

fast-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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Misogyny, and Racism

flying_monkey's review against another edition

dark funny reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.75

Post Office / Factotum / Women, same review, as they all pretty much the same sort of thing. Bukowski's alter-ego, Chinaski, drinks, fights, pukes, ogles women, gets a job, does his best to do no work, loses his job, meets a woman (or three), fucks, drinks more, loses his woman etc. etc. They would be unbearably depressing were it not for the fact that Bukowski is such a fluid writer and such a distinctive presence. Not in any way a good or nice person, but raw, emotionally honest (whether or not you believe all the stories, especially when it comes to sex, Bukowski certainly wanted to do all the things described - he's unflinchingly open about straight male sexuality) and unmistakable.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction and Misogyny