Charles Bukowski

Charles Bukowski examines cats and his childhood in You Get So Alone at Times, a book of poetry that reveals his tender side. He delves into his youth to analyze its repercussions.

You Get So Alone at Times

It can be better regret doing something than dying with the desire

Leonardo Kullmann Barcelos

regret is mostly caused by not having done anything

It is not that bad. I did got a little lost sometimes without understanding what this crazy old man want to say in his phrases. The book seems to me like him “poemizing” his life but cutting the romanticism off. 

By this point, I mean it is honest, cruel and brutal as itself says, which is somewhat good as it is also bad. He’s an drunkass man that lived in so many terrible conditions, past half of his life betting on horses and wrote all his experience down in those pages.

I actually do recommend it but watch out, women, because he can be a bit misogynist.

It is not that bad. I did got a little lost sometimes without understanding what this crazy old man want to say in his phrases. The book seems to me like him “poemizing” his life but cutting the romanticism off. 

By this point, I mean it is honest, cruel and brutal as itself says, which is somewhat good as it is also bad. He’s an drunkass man that lived in so many terrible conditions, past half of his life betting on horses and wrote all his experience down in those pages.

I actually do recommend it but watch out, women, because he can be a bit misogynist.

Léa

I cannot believe i first bought this book because it was my old crush’s idol and did not see any red flag in him at the time lmao. 
Anyways, as a now nearly 20 years old woman with an unhealthy relationship with alcohol and crippling anxiety and depression and oh god this book did not make me feel better

Doris Ivandic 

can’t decide between 2.5 or 3 ⭐️. Some of it was was great, as when he talked about depression and loneliness. However, other parts were very misogynistic or just rambling. I did still enjoy the good parts :)

High Fidelity

True Bukowski. You read and you weep and it all just makes sense. Amazing book.

noha

2.5

Poetry is meant to sound beautiful and always inspiring, but this collection is neither beautiful nor inspiring...
The title of the book is what got me. Honest. Bukowski's alcoholic who had a history with women, that's what's being told through the poems! At some point it got repetitive and boring, I'd literally leave it for three or four days then come back to it.
I'm trying not to judge and say that i hate bukowski and his style of writing. So as soon as possible i'll read some of his other works and see how it goes! 

anyways, can't deny the fact that i have some favorites. lol. Here and there i'd find some good verses which made this whole book worth reading! 

- beasts bounding through time >>
- putrefaction.
- drive through hell.
-January.
- no help for that.

Momo

This is the first Bukowski book I have ever read and I actually found out about this book when reading another called Beautiful Creatures. This is a very different poetry book I've read in comparison to anything else. There's something gritty and real about it and I think it's because it's very personal. I enjoyed it but I won't be picking it up again anytime soon!

You Get So Alone at Times

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