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On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous - Di Semesta Ini Kita Pernah Gemilang by Ocean Vuong

135 reviews

phantasmfiend's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Violence, Grief, Mental illness, Drug use, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , War, Gore, Racial slurs, and Sexual content

Moderate: Alcoholism, Homophobia, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Addiction, and Physical abuse

Minor: Car accident and Cancer

gabriella_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

His prose is beautiful and reads like poetry, it is recommended to read this before Night Sky with Exit Wounds, it adds so much more context to that read

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Racial slurs, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Miscarriage, Mental illness, Homophobia, Drug abuse, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Misogyny, Medical content, Drug use, Addiction, Bullying, War, Violence, Sexual content, Grief, Abortion, Xenophobia, Racism, Terminal illness, Sexism, Pregnancy, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Dementia, Death, Cursing, and Classism

madamelacy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

This book is written as a very lengthy letter from Little Dog to his mum in a language she doesn’t understand. It’s every mother’s dream to receive a letter detailing their son’s drug taking and underage sex… 

I loved the sections about his home life with his mum and grandma. I was less interested in his relationship with Trevor, because it was a bit too ‘coming of age’ for my taste.  The book jumps backwards and forwards in time, which was sometimes confusing, but I do think that this worked well.

It’s very poetic and beautiful in places, but overall it didn’t really resonate with me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Sexual content, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

Moderate: Abortion and Xenophobia

Minor: Vomit, Homophobia, and Racial slurs

iirreeaadd's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Just a stunning and beautiful book. Each line is poetry in motion. It's sad and moving but in a way that is just honest, not draining. It's certainly intense at points. It's prose is deliciously thick in a chocolate cake sort of way where you want to reread what you just read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, War, Abortion, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Grief, and Death

Moderate: Physical abuse, Addiction, Cancer, and Homophobia

Minor: Excrement, Pregnancy, and Racial slurs

flashandoutbreak's review against another edition

challenging reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Abortion, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Racial slurs, and Sexual content

srhi96's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Addiction, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, War, Cancer, Sexual content, Mental illness, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Xenophobia, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, and Homophobia

Moderate: Alcoholism, Dementia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Cursing

Minor: Pregnancy

luciovalencia's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug use, Abortion, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Racial slurs, Violence, Addiction, Excrement, Cancer, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Racism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Homophobia, War, Physical abuse, and Xenophobia

m_moon's review against another edition

Extremely beautiful, but emotionally difficult  to read. Very heavy. Sad to let this go unfinished, but has affected my my mood too much unfortunately. Would rate 5 stars.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Grief, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Sexual content, War, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, and Racism

Minor: Miscarriage and Abortion

nicnevin's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Poetic and raw, it's honestly beyond words for me

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Animal death, Blood, Cancer, Car accident, Chronic illness, Classism, Death, Drug use, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Medical content, Racial slurs, Terminal illness, Vomit, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Pregnancy, Racism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Xenophobia

kindlyalyssa's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

Poetic and chaotic, charged with emotion

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Addiction

Moderate: Racial slurs, Racism, and Abortion