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butlerebecca's review against another edition
4.5
Poems I liked
- Beautiful Short Loser
- Dear Sara
- American Legend
- The Last Dinosaur
- Not Even
- Nothing
- No One Knows the Way to Heaven
- Almost Human
- Dear Rose
Graphic: Racism, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Death, Death of parent, Cancer, Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, War, Racial slurs, and Homophobia
emmareeser's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Grief and Suicide
Moderate: Cancer and Addiction
nineinchnails's review against another edition
3.5
'Künstlerroman' was my favourite here. if i'm remembering correctly it was the longest poem, which might be why i managed to connect to it more. it was gutting and felt very raw. a shorter poem i really enjoyed was 'Amazon History of a Former Nail Salon Worker'. i don't think i've ever had a list poem make me tear up like that. vuong is no doubt a talented poet but i think the formatting and structure of most of these poems just didn't work for me - that's not to say that they'll never work for me, but as it stands i don't read much poetry so i much preferred the longer poems in this collection.
Graphic: Death, Grief, and Death of parent
Moderate: Cancer, War, Terminal illness, Car accident, and Racism
Minor: Suicide and Police brutality
calcijade's review against another edition
4.5
Moderate: Grief, Cancer, Death of parent, Suicide, Hate crime, Bullying, Gun violence, and Racism
robinks's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Car accident, Death, Death of parent, and Grief
Moderate: Sexual content, Cancer, Racism, Classism, Blood, Suicide, and War
Minor: Vomit, Gun violence, Drug use, Hate crime, Misogyny, Medical content, Homophobia, Alcohol, Child death, Domestic abuse, and Forced institutionalization
mirandyli's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Cancer, Drug use, Racism, Death of parent, Xenophobia, Death, Colonisation, Homophobia, Grief, and War
lynxpardinus's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Cancer, Car accident, Medical content, Racism, Death, Hate crime, Grief, Suicide, Animal death, and War
Moderate: Gore, Sexual violence, Homophobia, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, Genocide, Addiction, Blood, Child abuse, and Domestic abuse
Minor: Forced institutionalization, Antisemitism, and Pedophilia
yinflower's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Gun violence, Cancer, Death of parent, Suicide, War, and Death
issyd23's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Cultural appropriation, Colonisation, Racism, Violence, Cancer, War, Classism, Death of parent, Homophobia, Medical content, Terminal illness, Chronic illness, and Death
dopestitches's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Grief and Cancer