Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

Post Office by Charles Bukowski

13 reviews

annaavian's review against another edition

sad 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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Violence, Sexism, Sexual content, Rape, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Death, Sexual violence, Racial slurs, Physical abuse, Cursing, and Alcoholism

melio22's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad tense 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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Misogyny, Violence, Sexual harassment, Racism, and Rape

Minor: Death

alex60517's review against another edition

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexism, Misogyny, Alcohol, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Blood, Animal cruelty, Death, and Alcoholism

almachr's review

dark funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction and Alcoholism

icarustothemoon's review against another edition

funny sad fast-paced

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

1.25

It's different though not in a good way. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Alcoholism

Moderate: Sexism, Sexual assault, Racism, and Sexual content

tomahaukur's review against another edition

funny informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism and Rape

marval100's review against another edition

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

olijordan's review against another edition

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

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

techno_mystic's review against another edition

funny fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content and Alcoholism