Reviews tagging 'Abortion'

Brevemente risplendiamo sulla terra by Ocean Vuong, Claudia Durastanti

318 reviews

thestarsaresad's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective slow-paced

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

3.5

This book was good, but honestly I feel like I'm just too dumb to truly comprehend and appreciate it. I'm sure someone smarter than me could read it and come up with a bunch of important meanings, but for me, I just read it as a letter from a son to a mother. It's not that this book was boring -- it's not, I loved reading about his experiences -- but the reflection and different metaphors in the book honestly flew over my head. I've read a lot of fantasy books recently, so this book was a much needed breath of fresh air, of reality, of the human experience.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death of parent, Animal death, Abortion, Drug abuse, Drug use, Death, and Sexual content

Moderate: Excrement, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Addiction, Chronic illness, Homophobia, Medical content, and War

lauren_shilling's review against another edition

emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

This book was absolutely incredible. The writing was gorgeous, and I marked so many quotes in my copy. One of the most beautifully written books I've read in a long time. I felt so many emotions while reading this book, and it made me think about a lot of different things. It gave me a new perspective and I couldn't ask for anything more when I'm reading. It was beautiful and heartbreaking and perfect. The story, above all, felt so real. If I was told by anyone at any point that this story was completely nonfiction I would believe them. The story, the characters, everything felt so incredibly real that it is so hard to believe that it isn't. Check trigger warnings because this is a really heavy book, but it was also beautiful and I would highly, highly recommend it to anyone!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Violence, Addiction, Grief, Cancer, Racism, Drug use, Drug abuse, and Death

Moderate: Abortion and Homophobia

Minor: Car accident and Animal death

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

4.5

The only reason that this book didn’t get five stars is because I simply wasn’t able to absorb it all. Genuinely one of the most beautiful books I’ve ever read, and Vuong’s ability to articulate feelings around identity and life is unbelievable. I feel like this is the kind of book that I’ll have to reread every few years because I’ll be able to take something new from it each time. This book made me reflect a lot and I think I understand myself better now because of it. I would recommend it to everyone but potentially take a peak at content warnings. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, War, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Drug use, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, and Sexual content

Moderate: Homophobia, Xenophobia, Abortion, Mental illness, and Grief

zuriisawesome's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

I loved it

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Blood, Drug use, Domestic abuse, Abortion, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , War, and Xenophobia

amandasbokhylla's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective relaxing medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Sexual content

Moderate: Transphobia, Abortion, Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, and Drug use

natafiguu's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional informative inspiring relaxing 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

such an amazing read. touches topics like masculinity, internalized and external homophobia, racism, death, it's just an amazing book and you should definitely read it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Gun violence, Domestic abuse, Abortion, War, Animal death, Cancer, Violence, Sexual content, Mental illness, Animal cruelty, Racism, and Drug use

Moderate: Car accident

Minor: Deportation and Pregnancy

gillian_aftanas'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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Abortion, Bullying, Cancer, Grief, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Excrement, Mental illness, Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Racism, War, Homophobia, Death, and Sexual content

pseudolain's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Colonisation, Death, Homophobia, Mental illness, Racism, Abortion, Cancer, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, and War

Moderate: Terminal illness, Bullying, Alcohol, Blood, Chronic illness, Sexual content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Physical abuse, Miscarriage, Hate crime, and Misogyny

naiu_cs's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship

Moderate: War, Violence, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, Racism, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Animal cruelty

Minor: Abortion, Death, Cancer, Child abuse, Bullying, Homophobia, Child death, and Blood

moonpeach's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Abortion, Addiction, and Sexual content