Reviews tagging 'Cancer'

Op aarde schitteren we even by Ocean Vuong

366 reviews

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

Moderate: Homophobia and Abortion

Minor: Animal death and Car accident

larakaa's review against another edition

challenging tense medium-paced

I'm not able to rate it at the moment, might do it later. Reading through this is a hard earned experience. It's poetic, it's gripping, it's brutal and disgusting, it's often depressing - it's life so much that you keep forgetting that it's a novel not a memoir. So it's genuinely great in that regard but I also didnt enjoy most of it and really had to push myself to finish it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Cancer, Drug use, Homophobia, Miscarriage, and Physical abuse

chelly_reads's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Drug use, Sexual content, and Terminal illness

solitary's review against another edition

4.5

i think ocean vuong can make even a cooking instruction on how to make ramen poetic

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Physical abuse, and Sexual content

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Drug use, and Mental illness

Minor: Cancer

jesshastea's review against another edition

emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Cancer and Drug use

Minor: Physical abuse and Excrement

elanuruysal's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Sexual content, and War

Moderate: Addiction, Cancer, and Car accident

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

Moderate: Car accident

Minor: Pregnancy and Deportation

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

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, Cancer, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Mental illness, Racism, Abortion, Colonisation, and War

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

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

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