I have mixed feelings. He wrote about weird things in a poetic, beautiful writing style. Which was not the usual combo, a pretty weird one actually. But like... it worked, what the hell? Sometimes I was like holy shit this is actually... good. 
It does have many problems, like misogyny, racism, and all that, but did it do its job in its time? Yes, and actually very well. 
Might read some poems from Bukowski now.