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meremeth's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Death of parent and War
Moderate: Addiction
Minor: Suicide
ukponge's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Death of parent and Death
Moderate: Suicide
puro_satx's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Death of parent
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
softgalaxy's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Death, Death of parent, and Grief
Moderate: Homophobia, Xenophobia, War, Hate crime, and Violence
katharina90's review against another edition
4.0
Favorites include:
-Old Glory
-American Legend
-Not Even
-Reasons For Staying
Moderate: Death of parent and Grief
amanda_marie's review against another edition
3.0
Minor: Death of parent
dozicasey's review against another edition
4.5
Minor: War, Sexual content, Suicide, Drug abuse, Death of parent, and Death
okayletsread's review against another edition
2.0
Moderate: Xenophobia, Drug use, Homophobia, Death of parent, Drug abuse, and Death
calcijade's review against another edition
4.5
Moderate: Grief, Cancer, Death of parent, Suicide, Hate crime, Bullying, Gun violence, and Racism