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138 reviews for:
Erections, Ejaculations, Exhibitions, and General Tales of Ordinary Madness
Charles Bukowski
3.63 AVERAGE
138 reviews for:
Erections, Ejaculations, Exhibitions, and General Tales of Ordinary Madness
Charles Bukowski
3.63 AVERAGE
J'ai beaucoup essayé de lire les comptes, mais du tout mon style. Je ne vais pas me forcer.
Chapter 5 / 01:19:03
thanks I don't eat
Chapter 6 / 01:33:59
zen master
"The human race had always disgusted me. Essentially, what made them disgusting was the family-relationship illness, which included marriage, exchange of power and aid, which like a sore, a leprosy, became then: your next door neighbor, your neighborhood, your district, your city, your county, your state, your nation ... everybody grabbing each other’s assholes in the honeycomb of survival out of a fear-animalistic stupidity."
Chapter 33 / 08:13:34
THE BIG POT GAME
the potheads make too much about their damned pot and the public makes too much about their using their damned pot.[...] give the human race anything and they’ll scrabble and scratch and pewk all over it. [...]
to ask them to legalize pot is something like asking them to put butter on the handcuffs before they place them on you, something else is hurting you – that’s why you need pot or whiskey, or whips and rubber suits, or screaming music turned so fucking loud you can’t think. or madhouses or mechanical cunts or 162 baseball games a season. or Vietnam or israel or the fear of spiders. your love washing her yellow false teeth in the sink before you screw.
there are basic answers and there are ticklers. we are still playing with the ticklers because we are not yet men enough or real enough to say what we need. for some centuries we thought it might be Christianity. after throwing the Christians to the lions we let them throw us to the dogs. we found Communism might be a little better for the average man’s belly but did little for his soul. now we play with drugs, thinking it will open doors. the East has been on the stuff longer than gunpowder. they find they suffer less, die more. to pot or not to pot. “we goin’ to M-a-li-booo, man! yeah, we’re goin’ to Malllll-i-bOOOOO!”
Pardon me while I roll a bit of Bull Durham.
wanta drag?"
Chapter 34 / 08:17:58
Do not care for SUCCEED
thanks I don't eat
Chapter 6 / 01:33:59
zen master
"The human race had always disgusted me. Essentially, what made them disgusting was the family-relationship illness, which included marriage, exchange of power and aid, which like a sore, a leprosy, became then: your next door neighbor, your neighborhood, your district, your city, your county, your state, your nation ... everybody grabbing each other’s assholes in the honeycomb of survival out of a fear-animalistic stupidity."
Chapter 33 / 08:13:34
THE BIG POT GAME
the potheads make too much about their damned pot and the public makes too much about their using their damned pot.[...] give the human race anything and they’ll scrabble and scratch and pewk all over it. [...]
to ask them to legalize pot is something like asking them to put butter on the handcuffs before they place them on you, something else is hurting you – that’s why you need pot or whiskey, or whips and rubber suits, or screaming music turned so fucking loud you can’t think. or madhouses or mechanical cunts or 162 baseball games a season. or Vietnam or israel or the fear of spiders. your love washing her yellow false teeth in the sink before you screw.
there are basic answers and there are ticklers. we are still playing with the ticklers because we are not yet men enough or real enough to say what we need. for some centuries we thought it might be Christianity. after throwing the Christians to the lions we let them throw us to the dogs. we found Communism might be a little better for the average man’s belly but did little for his soul. now we play with drugs, thinking it will open doors. the East has been on the stuff longer than gunpowder. they find they suffer less, die more. to pot or not to pot. “we goin’ to M-a-li-booo, man! yeah, we’re goin’ to Malllll-i-bOOOOO!”
Pardon me while I roll a bit of Bull Durham.
wanta drag?"
Chapter 34 / 08:17:58
Do not care for SUCCEED
funny
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:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug use, Sexism, Sexual content
Moderate: Cursing
Minor: Suicidal thoughts
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
Bukowski has a way of tapping into the mind and soul. Not all of the book is easy reading, some views and approaches are dated or downright wrong. Maybe that's the plan? To revile the monster but appreciate the acceptance of self? Either way for every questionable section there are easily 3/4 thought provoking sections. A great read. One to go back too.
2 1/2 rating really Contrary to my rating I did enjoy this book the only reason it isn’t a solid 3 is because I like his other stuff more and the last few stories felt dragged and repetitive and I much prefer poetry to short story anthologies but the ones I did enjoy were great bukowski is a confounding to me in a good way and even if I don’t fully LOVE his stuff I like the curiosity I get every time and i often jot my musings in my copy of the book of his satirical but also starlingly real perspectives he has he’s some people’s red flag author for a reason and I understand the problems people see but I can’t help but be curious and enjoy some writings of authors like bukowski and I always love a good classic someone else said the time he creates in his books and lived in is so different to now it’s interesting even tho in retrospective it wasn’t that long ago as time is concerned
Two more of his books on my tbr for this year and next year we’ll see how this goes
And I’m back with reading again after a big hiatus yay!
Two more of his books on my tbr for this year and next year we’ll see how this goes
And I’m back with reading again after a big hiatus yay!
dark
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
funny
hopeful
informative
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A