Reviews tagging 'Homophobia'

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong

845 reviews

punchofwishes's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

I feel quite conflicted about this book. The language is absolutely stunning and so many scenes and phrases have attached themselves firmly jn my brain. I was captured by the many subjects touched upon, war, pain, immigration, language, queerness, love, addiction, generational trauma, mental illness, physical illness, race, and class, amongst many others. It’s a raw book that doesn’t shy away from pretty much anything. But it’s a mess full of shifting narrative povs, story lines, and character beats. At times it’s beautiful line after beautiful line but not much else, then followed by this bit and that one. It’s trying a lot of things but not everything works, and still this was an unforgettable read I can’t find myself regretting to read in the slightest.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, and Sexual content

julia_rose's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense 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

4.5

Definitely the most beautiful prose I’ve ever witnessed in my life, I underlined so many incredible sentences. At one point he describes his language like a shipwreck very fragmented with pieces coming to the shore out of order and that’s a good description of how the plot unfolds. Occasionally hard to follow but not impossible and amazing portrayal of flawed but endearing characters. So sad and emotional with tiny sparks of hope. There was a scene of animal cruelty early on in the book which really turned me off for a while but the whole book is impressively unflinching. Will definitely be reading all Ocean’s future books. It’s just gorgeous, excuse the pun!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Death, Homophobia, and Grief

Moderate: Addiction, Mental illness, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Murder, Toxic friendship, and War

Minor: Abortion

tazishere's review

dark 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

3.25

Lots of use of a specific homophobic slur

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Sexual content, and Abortion

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Homophobia, and War

Minor: Alcoholism and Racial slurs

buchstabenmaedchen's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective medium-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Abortion, and Abandonment

sadie_g's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, and Racism

Moderate: Bullying, Homophobia, and Sexual content

Minor: Miscarriage

littlebluenaiad's review

emotional

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Homophobia, and Sexual content

cozjetez's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Homophobia, and Sexual content

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Racism, and War

jcampbell's review against another edition

challenging dark sad slow-paced

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use

Moderate: Racism, Sexual content, Xenophobia, and War

Minor: Homophobia

koyuki5'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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Racism, and Grief

oracle_of_delphi's review against another edition

dark emotional informative mysterious reflective medium-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

5.0

the best thing ive read this year, truly an epic portrayal of maternal relationships, queerness, addiction, and creative culture in the modern age. This is less a novel and more an ocean. Please read this. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, and Child abuse

Moderate: Drug abuse, Homophobia, Xenophobia, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Blood and Abortion