Reviews tagging 'Homophobia'

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong

846 reviews

bhagya's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad 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, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Violence, Abortion, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and War

caregorman's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective fast-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

I’m going to think about this forever 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Abortion

evelphysicist's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional slow-paced

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

4.0

A compelling and emotional read. The narrative is incredibly poetic and describes scenes and emotions immersively. The book jumps between key memories of the main character, which creates a dynamic read, but this is lost towards the end and sections can become long and winding.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Drug use, Racial slurs, Racism, and Sexual content

Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Terminal illness, Death of parent, and War

anaya_reads's review against another edition

challenging 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

Went into this blind and did not expect it to tackle so many subjects. The writing was devastatingly beautiful and brought such a light to immigrants and they’re children.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual content, Violence, Grief, Car accident, Abortion, and War

majas's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective

• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction and Drug abuse

Moderate: Domestic abuse

Minor: Homophobia and Racism

rackoonetheclown's review against another edition

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

5.0

Beautifully written

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death

Moderate: Addiction, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Mental illness, Racism, Sexual content, Suicide, Violence, Xenophobia, Alcohol, and War

selissa's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Mental illness, Violence, Abortion, and War

my_weird_bookish_heart's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcohol, and War

Moderate: Cancer and Abortion

lydiavsbooks's review against another edition

challenging reflective slow-paced

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

2.75

I feel slightly bad in not giving it a higher rating, but I tend to rate my experience rather than the quality of the book. This was written very beautifully but unfortunately it feels like the pretty language was slightly wasted on me. Still enjoyed this, just not necessarily my thing

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, and War

jfiset'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Cancer, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Abortion, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Cultural appropriation, Abandonment, and Alcohol