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emmareeser's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Grief and Suicide
Moderate: Cancer and Addiction
nineinchnails's review against another edition
3.5
'Künstlerroman' was my favourite here. if i'm remembering correctly it was the longest poem, which might be why i managed to connect to it more. it was gutting and felt very raw. a shorter poem i really enjoyed was 'Amazon History of a Former Nail Salon Worker'. i don't think i've ever had a list poem make me tear up like that. vuong is no doubt a talented poet but i think the formatting and structure of most of these poems just didn't work for me - that's not to say that they'll never work for me, but as it stands i don't read much poetry so i much preferred the longer poems in this collection.
Graphic: Death, Grief, and Death of parent
Moderate: Cancer, War, Terminal illness, Car accident, and Racism
Minor: Suicide and Police brutality
softgalaxy's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Death, Death of parent, and Grief
Moderate: Homophobia, Xenophobia, War, Hate crime, and Violence
katharina90's review against another edition
4.0
Favorites include:
-Old Glory
-American Legend
-Not Even
-Reasons For Staying
Moderate: Death of parent and Grief
calcijade's review against another edition
4.5
Moderate: Grief, Cancer, Death of parent, Suicide, Hate crime, Bullying, Gun violence, and Racism
robinks's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Car accident, Death, Death of parent, and Grief
Moderate: Sexual content, Cancer, Racism, Classism, Blood, Suicide, and War
Minor: Vomit, Gun violence, Drug use, Hate crime, Misogyny, Medical content, Homophobia, Alcohol, Child death, Domestic abuse, and Forced institutionalization
coriandercilantro's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts and Grief
mirandyli's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Cancer, Drug use, Racism, Death of parent, Xenophobia, Death, Colonisation, Homophobia, Grief, and War
lynxpardinus's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Cancer, Car accident, Medical content, Racism, Death, Hate crime, Grief, Suicide, Animal death, and War
Moderate: Gore, Sexual violence, Homophobia, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, Genocide, Addiction, Blood, Child abuse, and Domestic abuse
Minor: Forced institutionalization, Antisemitism, and Pedophilia
rachjellie's review
5.0
I don’t think it is fair to rate such an intimate book and collection of poems, so I won’t. I will say that this collection is a representation of love, loss, grief, humanity. What it means to feel and to be human.
Some favorites:
Dear Sara
Amazon History of a Former Nail Salon Worker
Nothing
Reasons for Staying
Ars Poetica as the Maker
Almost Human
Graphic: Death, Grief, and Homophobia