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trentsky's review against another edition
1.0
I thought about running a marathon this year, but was concerned about my stamina. No longer am I concerned. I managed to finish this thoroughly annoying book and am now empowered to sign up for just about any length of run.
Page after page of kvetching. There were parts that may have been titillating forty years ago, but today were just tiresome. Geez -- this book makes me want to reconsider my feelings for Mr. Roth...
Page after page of kvetching. There were parts that may have been titillating forty years ago, but today were just tiresome. Geez -- this book makes me want to reconsider my feelings for Mr. Roth...
facebook's review against another edition
2.0
Forget Portnoy's Complaint, my complaint is how tedious this novel is!
wiktoria_bojda's review against another edition
dark
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Rape, and Sexual assault
Moderate: Sexism, Racial slurs, and Antisemitism
klinejosh94's review against another edition
4.0
“The way you disapprove of your life! Why do you do that? It is of no value for a man to disapprove of his life the way that you do. You seem to take some special pleasure, some pride, in making yourself the butt of your own peculiar sense of humor. I don’t believe you actually want to improve your life. Everything you say is somehow always twisted, some way or another, to come out ‘funny.’ All day long the same thing. In some little way or other, everything is ironical, or self-depreciating [sic]....And you are a highly intelligent man - that is what makes it even more disagreeable. The contribution you could make! Such stupid self-deprecation! How disagreeable!”
jakilcz's review against another edition
1.0
Jakbym chciał czytać w kółko o masturbacji i seksie to bym sobie wziął jakąś książkę pornograficzną, a nie coś co niby jest amerykańską klasyką... Jak ktoś chce się czegoś dowiedzieć o frustracjach amerykańskiego Żyda intelektualisty to lepiej sobie jednak obejrzeć filmy Woody'ego Allena.
Nie jest ciekawe, nie jest zabawne, jest męczące.
Nie jest ciekawe, nie jest zabawne, jest męczące.
alexisrt's review against another edition
Portnoy's Complaint by Philip Roth (1994)
garni's review against another edition
4.0
when your freakish obsession with sex is still not even a fraction as pervasive and inescapable as constantly punishing yourself for the most mundane and frankly, normal offences by imagining being 8 years old and getting yelled at and shamed by your mom
lazide's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
funny
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
mjfay's review against another edition
3.0
Philip Roth is obviously a talented writer and can be found on many lists of white guys you must read. Some book titles are subtle or nuanced references to over-arching themes or defining moments within the story line. Not this one. This book is basically a running stream of thought from the narrator (Alexander Portnoy) to his physiologist as he whines about his childhood, parents, girlfriends, being Jewish, non-Jews and his sexual appetite. That said, it's funny and still a good read.