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cryptidreader's review against another edition
reflective
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
poetloz's review against another edition
5.0
A book where Bukowski is in transition from life in LA to the “suburbs” His edge is still here but you can see him being more self-aware about how his reactions don’t connect to his environment.
louanna's review against another edition
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
eeeeeee's review against another edition
3.0
somehow, i can still find comfort between bukowski's lines. it wasn't his greatest poetry but some of it hit just right.
i think the comfort lays in reading about adverse conditions, foreign underground life, disinterest in life. it is highly unlikely that i'll ever drink six-packs until the morning and get up for a horse race at 11am. but i can almost understand the escape. when the interviewers and young writers come to him, i can almost understand why he can't give them what they want.
bukowski's poems are just stories of loneliness and isolation. they can be problematic and it's not the hardest to dislike him. at the same time, when he drives around and contemplates on people and death, i can understand the desire for chaos. bukowski deserved to see tournefortia bloom but in his heart i think it was burning.
i think the comfort lays in reading about adverse conditions, foreign underground life, disinterest in life. it is highly unlikely that i'll ever drink six-packs until the morning and get up for a horse race at 11am. but i can almost understand the escape. when the interviewers and young writers come to him, i can almost understand why he can't give them what they want.
bukowski's poems are just stories of loneliness and isolation. they can be problematic and it's not the hardest to dislike him. at the same time, when he drives around and contemplates on people and death, i can understand the desire for chaos. bukowski deserved to see tournefortia bloom but in his heart i think it was burning.
cmleejim's review against another edition
4.0
My favorite part of one of the last poems:
This is
The way it goes
Almost everywhere
With everybody and
Everything
As fiercely
In the Highlands
The
Black Swan burns
This is
The way it goes
Almost everywhere
With everybody and
Everything
As fiercely
In the Highlands
The
Black Swan burns
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