Reviews - The Emperor of Gladness

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The Emperor of Gladness

Ocean Vuong

4.27 AVERAGE

sanniebannanie's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective relaxing sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

lydb's review against another edition

3.0

dark emotional sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Content Warnings

jasbah's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

katrinky's review against another edition

3.0

challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad

you know, this book is beautifully written, but I can't say I really liked it. it's long but goes by fast, which was a point in its favor. I was interested in the characters, but have a lifelong difficulty with reading addicts empathetically, and that got in my way here too. sometimes it felt too precious in its word choice for its own good. would be very interested to discuss with others. friends, please read and report!