Reviews tagging 'Miscarriage'

Brevemente risplendiamo sulla terra by Ocean Vuong, Claudia Durastanti

62 reviews

josie9's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-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

4.75

Absolutely speechless, Vuong’s writing is truely ingenious, authentic and so freaking devastating 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Addiction, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Alcoholism, Animal death, Blood, Cancer, Classism, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Excrement, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Colonisation, Drug use, Gaslighting, Grief, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Racism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, War, and Bullying

prism_'s review against another edition

emotional sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Homophobia, Medical trauma, Sexual content, Death, Addiction, and Miscarriage

Moderate: Terminal illness, War, and Suicide

alioneill02's review against another edition

challenging reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Hate crime, and Miscarriage

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, War, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Physical abuse, Miscarriage, Gun violence, Drug abuse, Drug use, Domestic abuse, Death, Child death, Addiction, and Abortion

anyname's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Drug abuse, Grief, Homophobia, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Sexual content, Violence, and Abortion

Moderate: Abandonment, Alcoholism, Animal death, Blood, Death, Drug use, and War

Minor: Cancer, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Excrement, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, and Vomit

bingsdings's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and War

Moderate: Cancer, Car accident, and Terminal illness

ethab's review against another edition

emotional reflective fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, and War

Moderate: Blood and Vomit

Minor: Cancer

jfiset'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Abortion, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Cancer, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Miscarriage, Mental illness, Homophobia, Drug use, Drug abuse, and Cultural appropriation

eelthul's review against another edition

dark funny sad fast-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: Sexual content, War, Homophobia, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Death, Colonisation, and Addiction

Moderate: Abortion and Miscarriage

Minor: Excrement, Car accident, Animal death, and Cancer

hollieebeee's review against another edition

emotional sad 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

3.0

I found it really hard to like this book. It took ages to read because I just couldn’t get invested, with constant thematic changes and non linear plot. However, there were some lovely, poetic moments. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse and Death

Moderate: Abortion, Miscarriage, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, and Racism

Minor: Car accident and War