Reviews tagging 'Homophobia'

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong

845 reviews

branalecks's review against another edition

emotional informative 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Child abuse, Homophobia, and Physical abuse

Minor: Transphobia

courtneyfalling's review against another edition

emotional reflective tense 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

5.0

Wow! Every page of this book was so immaculately crafted and emotionally concentrated! I feel like I could reread this endlessly and always find something new. It's so lyrically dense and stunning. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Sexual content, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Child abuse, Homophobia, and War

rugbygirlreads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Cancer, Hate crime, and Homophobia

Moderate: Drug use

rhii_reading's review against another edition

challenging 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction and Drug abuse

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, and Homophobia

gewrgia_lightwood's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

The most lyrical book I've read so far.
Truly beautiful but due to the writing I was so lost at times and felt a bit confused by the language 
Also, i felt unfortunately a bit detached from the characters, i sympathized them and felt for their trauma but couldn't grow feelings of love for them 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Addiction, Bullying, Cancer, Drug use, Homophobia, Mental illness, Racism, and War

Minor: Abortion and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

expecto_padronum's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

1.5

The narrator / main character had no agency, no personality, no growth. Things happened to him and around him and he just… took it? He was basically invisible so there’s no one driving the story forward. Every relationship felt so one sided like these toxic people in his life are just interacting with the wall.

The author is primarily a poet and his writing style is the reason most people LOVE this book but it just wasn’t for me! There were a few pages where I could see it but mostly it was just too edgy for me. The girls who get it, get it and the girls who don’t, don’t. I don’t. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Drug abuse, Homophobia, and Sexual content

Moderate: Excrement

Minor: Death, Domestic abuse, Xenophobia, and Abortion

threeundertwopnw's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Terminal illness, Grief, Car accident, Abandonment, Colonisation, and War

mykes's review against another edition

reflective

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Cancer, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Excrement, Grief, Car accident, Abortion, Death of parent, Colonisation, and War

yuki__'s review against another edition

dark emotional informative 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, and War

raynaaskiverr's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Cancer, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Racism, Violence, Car accident, Alcohol, and War