Christine's review
The Most Beautiful Woman in Town
by Charles Bukowski
Christine's review
The Most Beautiful Woman in Town by Charles Bukowski
Christine's review
rating:
bookshelves:
short-stories,
stuff-i-think-of-as-good-fiction
I'm a fool for short stories. This one has hits and misses. Some of the better stories are the more disturbing ones, ones that actually could cause nightmares, not because they are scary but because they could actually happen. Really an exploration of some of the worst impulses in humankind but with an eye to explaining it from that point of view.
The title story, on the other hand, looks in from the outside and is stronger for it. Everything seems to be about motivations. Understanding it, rationalizing it, not understanding it.
The title story, on the other hand, looks in from the outside and is stronger for it. Everything seems to be about motivations. Understanding it, rationalizing it, not understanding it.
