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maess's review against another edition
- 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? No
4.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Alcohol, and War
bridgetbry's review against another edition
- 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
3.0
Graphic: Addiction, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Grief, and War
Moderate: Homophobia and Abortion
solaria's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Addiction, Cancer, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Grief, Abortion, and War
danaaliyalevinson's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Addiction, Death, and Grief
kesislibrary's review against another edition
- 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
4.25
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, War, and Classism
narzibenoucdel's review against another edition
- 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
3.0
Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Physical abuse, and Sexual content
Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Racism, Excrement, Grief, Alcohol, and War
jmarob's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Grief, and War
Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Homophobia, and Racism
laughtrack17's review against another edition
Graphic: Grief and Death of parent
emmafstover's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
4.5
Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Grief, and War
Moderate: Addiction, Homophobia, Racism, and Xenophobia
Minor: Animal death and Car accident
savvylit's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
5.0
More than the unforgettable content of the novel (I won't spoil it!), perhaps the best thing about this book is Ocean Vuong's overwhelming talent. Vuong's background as a poet is evident in each of his perfectly crafted, haunting sentences. Some of them were too wonderful not to share. See for yourself:
"I believe the wound is also the place where the skin reencounters itself, asking of each end, where have you been?"
"In a world myriad as ours, the gaze is a singular act: to look at something is to fill your whole life with it, if only briefly."
"You once told me that the human eye is god's loneliest creation. How so much of the world passes through the pupil and still it holds nothing. The eye, alone in its socket, doesn't even know there's another one, just like it, an inch away, just as hungry, as empty."
"Too much joy, I swear, is lost in our desperation to keep it."
"They say nothing lasts forever but they're just scared it will last longer than they can love it."
"Let no one mistake us for the fruit of violence - but that violence, having passed through the fruit, failed to spoil it."
"Because freedom, I am told, is nothing but the distance between the hunter and its prey."
Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Drug use, Genocide, Sexual content, Violence, Grief, and War