Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

Op aarde schitteren we even by Ocean Vuong

68 reviews

foxhail's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-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

4.25

Many detailed metaphors in the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse and Drug use

Moderate: Sexual violence

sofiabatista's review against another edition

emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

It really took me a long time to read. It is beautifully written, but it is written like "short memoirs" and I got lost in the details a lot. 
It is a good book. It has a lot of information you can learn from. But the writing style... is just not for me :(

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Sexual violence

Moderate: Homophobia and Xenophobia

gloriatulwan's review against another edition

slow-paced

• Loveable characters? No

1.0

The most pretentious book I've ever read 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Animal cruelty, and Sexual violence

thevietvegan's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I really struggled to read this not because it was written poorly, but because so many deep wounds Ocean described as a Vietnamese American were so real. His experience growing up in a family with deeply scarred people, with both physical and emotional abuse, with so much confusion and dealing with truths and hard realities that a child shouldn't have to face. It was a deeply powerful and transcendent read. The prose is beautiful, the poetry is poignant. The grief is palpable. It was a difficult book but an important read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual violence, Grief, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Racism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Homophobia, Gun violence, Death, Death of parent, Bullying, and Addiction

queenofthelibrary's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.5

Dark and graphic soul searching told like non-linear thoughts and memories

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Gun violence, and Gore

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Racial slurs

Minor: Drug abuse and Homophobia

very graphic scene of people eating the brain of an alive monkey

orchidd's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual violence, Racial slurs, Homophobia, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Animal death, Violence, Gun violence, Drug abuse, Drug use, Terminal illness, Racism, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Miscarriage, Mental illness, Grief, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Cursing, Car accident, Cancer, Addiction, and Abortion

charity1313's review against another edition

I gave up around 50% of the way in. It was too graphic, too emotional, too one-note. At first, I took on too much of the character's emotion for myself and I thought I could continue but in smaller chunks of time spent reading, but when I went back to the book I found I just really didn't want to listen anymore. It felt like it was all the same emotional story over and over but with different people. I was tired and frustrated by his relationship with Trevor. I can see why the author chose to make a more in depth study of that relationship but I just wanted to move ON... I might still pick it back up but mostly I feel done with the book, even though I didn't "finish" it. I'm finished with it. 

Language was beautiful, poetic - as expected - and made for some good quotes. Made a stark contrast to the graphic nature of much of the content.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Violence

skudiklier's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

• 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, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Homophobia, Racism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Addiction, Animal death, Violence, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Death, Animal cruelty, Cursing, and Bullying

Moderate: Alcoholism, Transphobia, Terminal illness, Confinement, and Cancer

Minor: Gun violence