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kateivy's review against another edition
emotional
This was a very emotional poetry collection. I could feel the grief that inspired these poems. However, I do feel I am very out of practice with reading poetry. Some of the poems had me lost, but I do not think that it is fair of me to knock the book for that.
miafromorchardstreet's review
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
yejiji's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
sad
slow-paced
3.0
Beautifully written (as expected from Ocean Vuong), but many of the poems were difficult to understand and incoherent. I appreciate artistic interpretation and how personal they were, but many of them felt like random words jumbled together. The ones that had clearer direction, though, were beautiful and masterpieces.
emmareeser's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
fast-paced
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief and Suicide
Moderate: Cancer and Addiction
zowho's review against another edition
fast-paced
“I reached into my pocket
but the gun was gone.
I must’ve dropped it while burying my language
farther up the road”
but the gun was gone.
I must’ve dropped it while burying my language
farther up the road”
talitha's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
slow-paced
4.0
Niet alles vond ik goed en niet alles begreep ik. Maar wat mooi was, was heel mooi. Rauw, eerlijk, one-liners en innemend.