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toadinpottsfield's review against another edition
dark
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
3.0
huri's review
4.0
i see why people might not like this one. i didn't think i would but here i am, calling the man a genius.
elenalsmith28's review
2.0
i originally picked up this book because i had read several of his poems and enjoyed the melancholy, however, i sadly, misjudged his writing and was left greatly disappointed.
i got about half way through this book and had to stop. perhaps i’m missing something, but this genuinely wasn’t interesting or good, to me. bukowski seems to me, a bitter man who got bored and decided to write poems about him drinking beer, being quite horrible to women, and using “the crapper.” i would not recommend this book to anyone who loves good poetry, however, if my description of this book has intrigued someone, give it a whirl.
i got about half way through this book and had to stop. perhaps i’m missing something, but this genuinely wasn’t interesting or good, to me. bukowski seems to me, a bitter man who got bored and decided to write poems about him drinking beer, being quite horrible to women, and using “the crapper.” i would not recommend this book to anyone who loves good poetry, however, if my description of this book has intrigued someone, give it a whirl.
gabrieldagur's review
4.0
"too much
too little
too fat
too thin
or nobody"
- the crunch, page 162
Between the often unpleasing words that Bukowski uses to write his poems is a certain sense of despair that I found morbidly alluring. Bukowski writes with no filter which may turn some people off, but if you stick around you might find some beauty in the ugliness that Bukowski so crudely illustrates, in the somber, murky and lonely narrative that lines the pages of this collection.
Personal favorites include:
- quiet clean girls in gingham dresses
- for al
- Chopin Bukowski
- when I think of myself dead
- the crunch
- a killer
eviejane's review against another edition
dark
funny
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
2.0
wolfdan9's review
3.0
✂️ numb your ass and your brain and your heart—, another bed, an almost made up poem, this poet, what they want, how to be a great writer, 462-0614
wannadrown's review against another edition
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5