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On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong

845 reviews

fronksnotdead's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Car accident, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

mona_luisa's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective tense

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, and Sexual content

Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, Homophobia, Racism, Violence, and War

zebrasanguine's review against another edition

challenging 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, and Physical abuse

lautreamont's review against another edition

dark 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Cancer, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Death of parent

Moderate: Addiction, Death, Homophobia, Mental illness, Excrement, and Dementia

Minor: Alcoholism

growintogardens's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.25

"When does a war end? When can I say your name and have it mean only your name and not what you left behind?"

You can tell Vuong is a poet from the first page; his work is quite expressive. I saw Vuong on Seth Meyer's show and immediately added this book to my later list. I'm glad I did. 

At first, I forgot this was fiction because it felt real and raw in a way a lot of fiction doesn't. It drew me in. There are lines and parts that are fantastic, but there were moments that could have been clearer as to who was being focused on, and I personally like books with more of a concrete storyline and ending. I look forward to reading whatever Vuong shares next.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Mental illness, Racism, and Sexual content

hannahlouise_'s review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

probably one of the best books i have ever read. i vigorously annotated every page, every word felt dripping with emotion and the weight of memory and remembering.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Grief, Car accident, Abortion, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

dakotahreads's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Addiction, Bullying, Homophobia, Racism, and War

Minor: Terminal illness, Excrement, Vomit, Medical trauma, and Car accident

nabila99's review against another edition

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Racism, Violence, and War

rissaur's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad 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

2.0

This novel is wonderfully written, however, it doesn't focus much on the development of the characters because it's more focused on being lyrical. It was quite hard to truly form any attachment to any of the characters, and this book felt more like a poetic diary than a cohesive story. Also, there's an intimacy scene, and it uses the work cock over and over and over again, please don't subject yourself to that. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Homophobia, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Addiction and War

gertrudski's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Homophobia, Violence, and War