Reviews tagging 'Homophobia'

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong

847 reviews

everlightly's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Cursing, Homophobia, Miscarriage, Racial slurs, Racism, Excrement, and Dementia

Also uses homophobic slurs

lapuce1006's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

4.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Homophobia, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

scherezade's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• 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

4.0

In some ways, this book is greater than the sum of its parts. Parts of the book dragged or were simply so intensely lyrical and abstract, I got a bit lost, but so much of the prose is so stunning and moving, it takes your breath away. I think this is a book worth rereading at various stages of your life. I'm glad to have read of it. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Dementia, and Grief

skudiklier's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cancer, Confinement, Terminal illness, and Transphobia

Minor: Gun violence

leighmayon's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

mevrouwkip's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

Ik vond dit boek echt prachtig, de zinnen gleden langs mijn ogen en ik kon niet stoppen met lezen. De melancholie omgaf me en ik ging er volledig in op

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Violence

translove's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

wow. the first time I read this book, it wrecked me. the second time, it wrecked me even more.

it's so raw and beautiful in its realness. it makes me think and feel. I think about love and family; war and my whiteness; language and connections; life, in general. I feel devastated and seen. I feel like the only thing holding me together is a flimsy belief that I didn't lose too much, but it's such a frail thing, this belief, that it crumbles between my fingers like the sand castles I built and then tore down when I was little. this novel feels like a punch in the gut and at the same time the air moving back into my lungs afterwards. it hurts and heals and that is the kind of art I always crave. thank you, Ocean Vuong.

"Days I feel like a human being, while other days I feel more like a sound. I touch the world not as myself but as an echo of who I was. Can you hear me yet? Can you read me?"

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual content, Terminal illness, and Grief

Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, and Domestic abuse