Reviews tagging 'Racial slurs'

Time is a Mother by Ocean Vuong

4 reviews

butlerebecca's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective slow-paced

4.5

Ocean Vuong is so special

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Death, Death of parent, Cancer, Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, War, Racial slurs, and Homophobia

ejanephillips's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad medium-paced

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Grief, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicide, Bullying, Cursing, and Homophobia

emma_b_rhodes's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Grief, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Colonisation, Death of parent, Violence, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, and War

laurenkimoto's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

4.25

This is the first work of poetry I have read and I don’t know if anything will ever live up to this. Vuong’s works are lyrical and flowing and amazing. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Abortion, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Bullying, Alcohol, Car accident, Child abuse, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, Cursing, Biphobia, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Hate crime, Homophobia, Racism, Racial slurs, Self harm, Sexual content, and Suicide