Reviews tagging 'Rape'

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong

32 reviews

mareike_df's review

dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

2.75

I am sorry, u r supposed to like this book but I simply cannot.
It's written like Goethes himself wrote it and the story is heartbreaking (and way better than Goethes Faust btw). But I just could not stand the long chapters where no sentence connects to the other. It is SO random that it is unnecessarily hard to read. The author has talent, that's obvious, but it's also obvious that this is his first novella. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Chronic illness, Grief, Rape, Animal cruelty, Homophobia, Bullying, and Animal death

Moderate: Violence, Miscarriage, and War

lucys_library's review

dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Sexual content, Racism, Racial slurs, and Homophobia

xdaxotax's review

dark emotional 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Racism, and Rape

Minor: Homophobia

moviemagus's review

dark 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? No

4.75

This was a much harder read emotionally than I anticipated it but it is a really good book. Poetic, harsh, honest. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Domestic abuse, Grief, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual content, Cancer, Abortion, Drug use, Violence, Addiction, Child abuse, Death, Toxic relationship, and War

Moderate: Bullying, Terminal illness, Emotional abuse, Animal death, and Domestic abuse

lochanreads's review

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.0

Ruminative and effortlessly deep. A daring debut. It does handle some really dark themes and reads more like a poetry novel (Ocean Vuong being a poet) as opposed to a plot-based story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Homophobia, and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Child abuse and Domestic abuse

potterandpromises's review

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty

Minor: Rape

spookieboogie's review

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying

Moderate: Death, Drug abuse, Homophobia, War, Racism, Cursing, and Dementia

Minor: Terminal illness, Rape, and Domestic abuse

rudi1452's review

challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Rape, Racism, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Suicide

saoreads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense 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? Yes

4.5

Raw. Vulnerable. Familiarity. I find myself holding back the tears from numerous lines that utter honesty. From history, childhood traumas, racism, discrimination, being gay, love and grief - this book carries alot of emotions, all well too real. While reading, it felt like unearthing something, as if I can unravel what comes to our thoughts and feel it too deeply. Its got so many quotes that can make you question things and ponder upon, a favorite of mine states, "Because freedom, I am told, is nothing but the distance between the hunter and its prey." It's a lovely memoir, one that engraves to a person's self-identity. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Abortion, Addiction, Bullying, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Grief, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

lindseyhall44's review

challenging emotional sad slow-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cancer, Drug abuse, Genocide, Grief, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Racism, Rape, Sexual content, and Suicidal thoughts