Reviews tagging 'Genocide'

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong

41 reviews

ashleyann's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Cancer, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, and Abortion

Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Racism, Excrement, Death of parent, Alcohol, and War

Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Terminal illness, Car accident, and Abandonment

_kimb's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Homophobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual content, Xenophobia, Excrement, Grief, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Alcoholism, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Car accident, Alcohol, and Colonisation

kangaci's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, and Homophobia

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Racism, Excrement, Grief, and Car accident

peelijay's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, and Homophobia

charlottes_library's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective 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? Yes

5.0

truely a masterpiece. Every sentence is a work of art that i could go back and read again and again and still discover new layers of beauty. Vuong writes like a poet and brilliantly explores the complex generational trauma of being a child of the Vietnam war. He writes of his experience growing up as a immigrant in white rural America and the ostracization faced by him and his single mother and the depths of their shared relationship. He speaks of his mother tongue, his cancer ridden grandmother, his teenage job at a tobacco farm, poverty, addiction, isolation, heritage, belonging, tradition, loss, war, love. This is a coming of age story that cannot be missed. It is heart-wrenching and beautiful and disgusting and strong. If i could read any book again it would be this one. 100% recommended 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, and Grief

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Cancer, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Racism, Terminal illness, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Medical trauma, Car accident, Alcohol, and Colonisation

lindseyhall44's review against another edition

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

llj's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring 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? No

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Excrement, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, and Colonisation

lena_and_her_books's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.0

Vuongs intimate and poetic writing captures the moving story of a gay son of a vietnamese immigrant mother. The boy finds himself in a crossfire of the american opioid crisis, homophobia and his mothers (and grandmothers) war trauma. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Homophobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Car accident, and Abortion

Moderate: Xenophobia and Excrement

Minor: Rape

CW: gay slurs, forced abortion, drug abuse by minors, internalized homophobia, death by drug overdose

amycecilia's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Genocide, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, and Violence

dytiscusfriend's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

This book broke my heart open. On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous is a gift. This book is abundant and generous and personal and painful and achingly relevant. Ocean Vuong contextualizes so much and offers a poem composed of agony, delight, clarity, and connection.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Cancer, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Homophobia, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Transphobia, Blood, Excrement, Medical content, Dementia, and Grief

Moderate: Vomit