Post Office
Ratings95
Average rating3.7
Mostly what I've learned from reading this one is that I don't like Charles Bukowski. The man himself, not his books, though if this one is anything to go by that's true too. I've rarely seen such a disagreeable protagonist. No idea what people saw in this book. I thought Henry Chinaski was unlikable, but I also didn't think he was believable.
My first Bukowski novel. It was full of rage and good writing, cynicism and brief moments where the hero gets the upper hand. A good novel to relax to after a stressful day.
I realise that this is supposed to be a critique of society and so forth, but it doesn't stand out to me in any way. Read it in one go, but mainly because it's so short and very simply written; that is not a criticism, having just forced myself through a very dense SF book.
Easy to read, but I'm left with nothing, just meh. It really reminds me of another book, can't place it though
If John Williams' Stoner was a foul mouthed, horny, betting, smoking, drinking man, obsessed with sex and woman and fantasies about sex and women, and worked in a post office, this would be that book. Hilarious.
I feel like after reading one Bukowski book you've read them all. But I sort of like that, too. There is a style that is to be expected, and he is a funny and entertaining writer.
Abandoned, 15% or so (Kindle edition).
Some people like Wuthering Heights and/or The Great Gatsby. I wonder, are they the same ones who like Post Office? The characters in both have no redeeming qualities whatsoever. They're nasty, brutish, unthinking, unkind. It is a torture to experience a world with them in it. I finished WH and TGG because I was young, foolish, and hopeful. This one, nope, life's too short.
2.5 stars!!!!!!!
i hate the way bukowski wrote about women!!!!!!!!!
a co-worker lent me this book because he thought i would like it but ugh nothing happened. i know literary fiction isn't my favorite but this was just ok
Excellent! Funny, efficient, ruthless, poetic. Great read. The perfect length for a novel.