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naharobed's review against another edition
3.0
I’ll be honest—I don’t get poetry and I’m not a big fan. I love writing that’s poetic, but actual poetry goes over my head. However, there’s something to be said about the way Ocean Vuong is able to convey such heavy and heartfelt emotions through his prose. This poetry collection is about a lot of things, but primarily about the grief from his mother’s passing. It’s a deeply personal work, a lot of which I think we’re not meant to understand completely anyway. You can tell that this is a form of catharsis for OceanVuong to process the things that have happened to him in his life
flo926's review against another edition
emotional
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
3.5
I liked a few of the poems, but it was a tad too experimental at times.
ebbajacobsson's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
reflective
slow-paced
3.75
isadora_in_the_stars's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
reflective
sad
medium-paced
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cancer and Death of parent
Moderate: Addiction, Racism, Grief, and Car accident
Minor: Sexual content
hopehamilton's review against another edition
5.0
My favorite poetry of Ocean Vuong’s so far! Before you read this, I would definitely recommend reading his novel, On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous, as this collection references some things in there and if you have the context it will be so much more meaningful! Incredible work