Reviews tagging 'Rape'

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong

34 reviews

eliasiexil's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Mental illness, and Death of parent

Moderate: Addiction, Cancer, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, and Excrement

radfordmanor's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Grief

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Rape, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

mareike_df's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

2.75

I am sorry, u r supposed to like this book but I simply cannot.
It's written like Goethes himself wrote it and the story is heartbreaking (and way better than Goethes Faust btw). But I just could not stand the long chapters where no sentence connects to the other. It is SO random that it is unnecessarily hard to read. The author has talent, that's obvious, but it's also obvious that this is his first novella. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Homophobia, Rape, and Grief

Moderate: Miscarriage, Violence, and War

lucys_library's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, and Sexual content

xdaxotax'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Racism, and Rape

Minor: Homophobia

prideandparchment's review against another edition

dark reflective sad tense 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? No

4.75

This was a much harder read emotionally than I anticipated it but it is a really good book. Poetic, harsh, honest. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Abortion, and War

Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Terminal illness

lochanreads's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.0

Ruminative and effortlessly deep. A daring debut. It does handle some really dark themes and reads more like a poetry novel (Ocean Vuong being a poet) as opposed to a plot-based story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Homophobia, and Rape

Moderate: Child abuse and Domestic abuse

potterandpromises's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty

Minor: Rape

spookieboogie's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Racism, Dementia, and War

Minor: Domestic abuse, Rape, and Terminal illness

rudi1452's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Homophobia, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Suicide