Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong

692 reviews

fckntara's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.75

"Let no one mistake us for the fruit of violence - but that violence, having passed through the fruit, failed to spoil it."

Evocative, visceral vignettes of Little Dog's life; of being the product of generational trauma, of your first and heaviest love, of loss, of empathy for your parents despite their flaws, despite what they put you through, despite what they went through. The sacrifices. Of finding a way to make it all poetic anyway

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death

Moderate: Domestic abuse and War

happinessity's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful 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? No

5.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Racism, Violence, and War

sapphicsquirrel's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

5.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Grief, War, and Classism

amandaacat's review

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-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

Absolutely beautifully written, this story is a heartfelt letter written by a son to his mother. 

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Grief, Abortion, and Death of parent

katy_heath's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional slow-paced

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

2.5

It was beautifully written but I just didn’t like Trevor, and Trevor is half the story.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Sexual content, and War

Minor: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, and Violence

xmoondustx's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

Absolutely magnificent, breath- and heartbreaking but oh so very gorgeous. Everyone should read this. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Cancer, Death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual content, Xenophobia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and War

annaarbooks's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-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

4.75

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Sexual content, Violence, and War

reaganwebster's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

2.5

I enjoyed the poetic style but found it difficult to follow the storyline with interwoven perspectives of different characters and timelines. The plot seemed rather loosely defined and not very substantial or action based. 
While the poetry was beautiful it felt like a collection of poetic punchlines that didn't quite come together for me in the story. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Violence

A large chunk of pretty graphic sexual content that I skipped and therefore can't speak too, the scene was also quite descriptive and I was caught off guard by it.

fixesofia's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.25

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse and Drug use

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Racism, Sexual content, Dementia, Grief, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Bullying, Cancer, Excrement, Vomit, Car accident, and Abortion

omarhabib's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Terminal illness, Violence, and War

Moderate: Bullying, Cancer, Death, Gun violence, Homophobia, Mental illness, Excrement, Grief, and Abortion