Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong

47 reviews

mackennariley's review

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Child abuse, Drug use, Hate crime, Racism, Sexual content, Xenophobia, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Blood, Colonisation, Cursing, Excrement, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, and Racial slurs

b0ygenius's review

dark 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

4.0

i found the first part to be slow and too disjointed and just hard to get into, and i felt that in the third part a bit too but i fell absolutely head over heels in love with the second part. like secret gay love affair, summer, teenage angst, discovering your identity???????? literally written for me. like if u look at anything i’ve ever written all of those themes are there i’m obsessed

[revisit, 3/22/22] this book stuck with me a lot more than i thought it would. revisited the second part today and yeah it still hit just as hard. absolutely gutting. perfectly captures the feeling of first love and secret relationships, especially ones where you’re young and naive and taken advantage of. the story with trevor reminds me so much of my first relationship so it just hits So hard for me. the poem at the end is just incredible too probably my favorite from vuong. so many incredible quotes from this section but “you who crawled from the wreck of summer like sons leaving their mothers’ bodies” always knocks me out. i have to physically put down the book after i read that. incredible

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Violence, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Addiction, Drug use, Mental illness, War, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Grief, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical content

Moderate: Abortion

lucinotlucy's review

dark emotional reflective sad slow-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Addiction, Car accident, Confinement, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Terminal illness

jojo_'s review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Sexual content, Violence, and War

Moderate: Blood, Domestic abuse, Grief, Racial slurs, Racism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, and Alcohol

Minor: Abandonment, Bullying, Cursing, Excrement, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Vomit

caregorman's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective fast-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

I’m going to think about this forever 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Hate crime, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, Sexual content, Xenophobia, War, Violence, Terminal illness, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Abortion

geneebee's review

challenging dark reflective sad tense 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, and Sexual content

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Dementia, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Grief, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Outing, Racial slurs, and Sexism

nolongeremi's review

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

my heart feels so warm and empty

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, War, Racism, Racial slurs, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Homophobia, Grief, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Dementia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Car accident, Death, Death of parent, and Violence