Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong

346 reviews

hannibanani29's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, and Sexual content

Moderate: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cancer, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Racism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Excrement, Grief, Car accident, Abortion, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and War

Minor: Cursing, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Sexual violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

cnowery's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Sexual content

Moderate: Death, Homophobia, and Racism

anxela04's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Physical abuse, and War

lilyjoy's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cancer, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Racism, Sexual violence, Xenophobia, Grief, Colonisation, and War

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Terminal illness, Excrement, and Abortion

ablais2248's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Racism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, and Classism

Moderate: Bullying, Racial slurs, Racism, Xenophobia, Grief, War, and Classism

honorablemmmention's review against another edition

dark 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

4.75

Vuong's book is much more of a meditative collection of poems than a story with a middle beginning or end, openly breaking the confines or genre. It goes nowhere, simply because it does not want to. Go into it expecting to read a letter, not an adventure, as it doesn't end with a conclusion, as much as a full stop.

No one wanted to like this book more than I, and I can't say I didn't, but be warned that there is so much animal cruelty, and in pretty graphic detail. Like it's a full-on motif.
I have never had so much fun underlining and annotating, but that's mainly where the fun begins and ends. The amount of breathtaking absolutely gorgeous lines in this is endless, and I weep at both the beauty, and for those who do not care for literature. Because they are missing out.

(It's been a few months now, and what I've noticed is how much I miss reading it. I miss the characters, the style, the story. The sum is definetly better than its parts.)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Homophobia, Racism, Violence, Dementia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and War

Minor: Car accident

aegireads's review against another edition

reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

sad autobio vignettes are my jam and i was ready to devour this in one sitting, but i had to put it down for a minute when the main character skyped with his grandfather (if you read it, you know).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Cancer, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Terminal illness, Violence, Abortion, Death of parent, and War

leoniesliberi's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Homophobia, and Physical abuse

Minor: Animal death

valerie's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Bullying, Homophobia, and Xenophobia

katie_merrill's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death