Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Op aarde schitteren we even by Ocean Vuong

57 reviews

darbylane's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Death, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Sexual content

Moderate: Blood, Cursing, Excrement, Medical content, Abortion, and Animal death

ladysanctuary's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Cancer, Bullying, Homophobia, Grief, and Sexual content

Moderate: Xenophobia, Violence, Terminal illness, Racism, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Medical content, Homophobia, Drug use, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Death, and Child abuse

surelyinthefountain's review against another edition

challenging dark inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

There's not much else to say other than this book is gorgeous. I haven't oscillated between laughter and intense sobbing so much in...a long time.

The horse story still cracks me up.

And man, this novel's so deeply queer, both thematically and structurally: I love how you can see the sheer craft at play in sculpting the narrative, yet it's never trite or obvious -- more something that you recognize when it comes up and admire intensely.
It is a very heavy read, though. If you're not in the right space for that, I'd save this for another time. But it's absolutely beautiful and worth the effort, in my opinion. This has easily become one of my favorite books!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Grief, Sexual content, and Cancer

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Medical content, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Child abuse, Bullying, Cancer, and Car accident

bencaroline's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Mental illness, and Sexual content

Moderate: Animal death, Blood, Cancer, Child abuse, Death of parent, Drug use, Eating disorder, Gun violence, Homophobia, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Vomit, and Xenophobia

Minor: Infidelity, Religious bigotry, and Transphobia

War, sex work

ocean's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Car accident, Death, Sexism, Torture, Transphobia, Violence, Vomit, Xenophobia, Animal cruelty, Alcoholism, Addiction, Abortion, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Excrement, Gun violence, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Terminal illness, Blood, Bullying, Cancer, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Grief, Confinement, Medical content, Emotional abuse, and Domestic abuse

mandkips's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Medical content, Cancer, Death, Homophobia, Sexual content, Xenophobia, Racism, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Child death, Addiction, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

dytiscusfriend's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

This book broke my heart open. On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous is a gift. This book is abundant and generous and personal and painful and achingly relevant. Ocean Vuong contextualizes so much and offers a poem composed of agony, delight, clarity, and connection.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Cancer, Confinement, Death, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Genocide, Grief, Homophobia, Medical content, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, and Transphobia

Moderate: Vomit