Reviews tagging 'Homophobia'

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong

846 reviews

bea_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad 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? Yes

5.0

This book had me in tears every time I read it. There’s a lot of things that hit close to home for readers even vastly different from Ocean Vuong. I enjoy prose in a lyrical/poetic style and enjoyed the author’s writing 

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Content Warnings

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

geneebee's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, and Sexual content

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Sexism, Dementia, Grief, Death of parent, Outing, and Injury/Injury detail

nolongeremi's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

my heart feels so warm and empty

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Blood, Dementia, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , War, and Injury/Injury detail

graceanna's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Drug abuse, Gore, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Grief, and War

Moderate: Cancer, Child abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Mental illness, Xenophobia, Blood, Car accident, and Abortion

Minor: Alcoholism, Bullying, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Alcohol

hot_water's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Death, and Sexual content

Moderate: Bullying, Homophobia, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Excrement

sofiabatista's review against another edition

emotional sad tense slow-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

3.0

It really took me a long time to read. It is beautifully written, but it is written like "short memoirs" and I got lost in the details a lot. 
It is a good book. It has a lot of information you can learn from. But the writing style... is just not for me :(

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Sexual violence

Moderate: Homophobia and Xenophobia

oneinamili's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.0

I struggle to focus on more abstract prose so it took me a while to get into and I had to keep rereading paragraphs, but it's a beautifully written story. I think I'll really love Ocean's poetry.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Death, Drug abuse, Homophobia, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Child abuse, Terminal illness, and War

sanadingankar's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Homophobia and Racism

zoemenon's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia and Racism

elossa's review against another edition

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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Homophobia, Sexual content, and Terminal illness