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taroroot's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual content, and Alcohol
Moderate: Homophobia, Racism, and War
m_moon's review against another edition
Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Grief, and War
Minor: Miscarriage and Abortion
tamsinlynn21's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Drug use and Sexual content
Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, and Physical abuse
bethantg's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Racism, and Xenophobia
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Sexual content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and War
booksndboba's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cancer, Death, Racism, Sexual assault, and War
Moderate: Addiction, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Drug use, and Homophobia
kiinhi's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
i expected to read a story solely about little dog's relationship with his mom and his grandmother, but was kind of sad to find out that it wasnt the main focus of this book. though i still enjoyed it (the story is written in such beautiful prose), i wanted to read more about his familial relationships and ties to vietnam (i felt like a lot of parts that included his mom got glossed over a bit too often). regardless, there are parts that i still find myself tearing up to when i read it. ocean vuong writes with a sorrow so deep and eminent its hard to tear yourself away.
Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, and War
annajoyreed93's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
They perch among us, on windowsills and chain-link fences, clotheslines still blurred from the just-hung weight of clothes, the hood of a faded-blue Chevy, their wings folding slowly, as if being put away, before snapping once, into flight.
If only takes a single night of frost to kill off a generation. To live, then, is a matter of time, of timing.
That time when I was five or six and, playing a prank, leapt out at you from behind the hallway door, shouting, “Boom!” You screamed, face raked and twisted, then burst into sobs, clutched your chest as you leaned against the door, gasping. I stood bewildered, my toy army helmet tilted on my head. I was an American boy parroting what I saw on TV. I didn’t know that the war was still inside you, that there was a war to begin with, that once it enters you it never leaves—but merely echoes, a sound forming the face of your own son. Boom.”
This was a heavy read, but Ocean Vuong’s is light and elegant throughout.
Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug use, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Racism, and War
haleyapratt's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death
Moderate: Homophobia, Violence, Xenophobia, and War
nicnevin's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, War, and Classism
jasminawithab's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
the book is set in 3 parts; part one was the best and its the part i resonated with the most (i cried multiple times cause i did not expect to be seen like that). I think you could remove most, if not all, of part 2 and the book would not be any different. Part 3 was fine but it felt disjointed at times.
Graphic: Death, Racism, Sexual content, and Colonisation
Moderate: Addiction, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, and Homophobia
Minor: Acephobia/Arophobia