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readinghavoc's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.25
Graphic: Animal cruelty and War
Moderate: Death, Homophobia, and Violence
Minor: Terminal illness and Transphobia
nissapocalypse's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
Graphic: Addiction, Homophobia, and War
gilberik's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Ocean Vuong's prose is beautifully crafted and more than once had me wondering if this was autobiographic or no.
Warmly recommend if you want to sit and think for a while.
It's been a while since last time I wanted to grab a pen and underline entire paragraphs in my books.
Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Racism, Death of parent, and War
211821181's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, and Terminal illness
Moderate: Homophobia, Mental illness, and War
jorl_is_here's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, and Sexual content
Moderate: Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Mental illness, and War
Minor: Homophobia
sameehaha's review against another edition
- 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? No
3.0
Graphic: Homophobia, Misogyny, Racism, Sexual content, and Police brutality
frostedpetals'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? It's complicated
4.25
Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, and War
Moderate: Addiction, Cancer, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, and Sexual content
Minor: Excrement, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Alcohol
svb96's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, and War
bdingz'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
4.75
Graphic: Child abuse and Domestic abuse
Moderate: Drug use, Sexual content, and Abortion
Minor: Homophobia, Racism, and War
fviryshelves'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
4.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Racism, Transphobia, and War