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On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong

845 reviews

quinna_corinne's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Cancer, and Death of parent

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Homophobia, and Racism

Minor: Domestic abuse, Abortion, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and War

allym's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Toxic relationship, and War

Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Homophobia, and Abortion

Minor: Excrement

evaniem's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse and Drug use

Moderate: Death, Homophobia, and War

bouebooks's review against another edition

emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Death of parent, Alcohol, Colonisation, and War

lcyarnall1's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Homophobia, Physical abuse, and Sexual content

persipha_books's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Abortion

Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Sexual content, Terminal illness, and Excrement

Minor: Gun violence, Homophobia, Car accident, Outing, and War

dreamingloser's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

It was a quick read and I found myself highlighting alot...Vuongs writing style is —as you would guess— poetic, which I personally enjoyed. I can't wait to read his poetry books and will definitely reread On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous as well.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and War

Moderate: Child abuse, Drug use, Racial slurs, Racism, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Homophobia

bites_of_books's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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? It's complicated

3.5

There is no question that Ocean Vuong can write. There were passages that struck deep in my core and that I can't shake. 

Little Dog is a young man who is writing a letter to his mother, telling her about many aspects of his life that he'd never told her before. We learn about his family's story in Vietnam as well as what happened as he grew up in the US. This is all told in snippets that jump back and forth between memories, almost like a structured and poetic stream of consciousness. While it was beautiful it was also violent and raw and simply overwhelming at times. 

I so wish that the structure of the novel had been a bit more linear, adding that to the poetic writing made it quite difficult to fully appreciate everything that was going on in the novel. If anything, I think this is one novel that I'll get a lot more out of upon re-reading it. 

I'd recommend it but definitely check the trigger warnings before reading, be patient, take your time, and keep an open mind for a novel that is blurring the lines between novel and poetry. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Cancer, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Homophobia, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Blood, Excrement, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and War

lindseybarnett's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Grief, Death of parent, and War

coolasshit's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and War

Moderate: Homophobia and Toxic relationship

Minor: Addiction, Cancer, Miscarriage, and Terminal illness