Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

Time Is a Mother by Ocean Vuong

24 reviews

tvgirl's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual content

dozicasey's review against another edition

emotional fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: War, Sexual content, Suicide, Drug abuse, Death of parent, and Death

robinks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

Similar to Night Sky with Exit Wounds, the run on sentences made some poems really hard for me to follow. Overall, however, I felt the impact of these poems, their imagery and select phrases.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Death, Death of parent, and Grief

Moderate: Sexual content, Cancer, Racism, Classism, Blood, Suicide, and War

Minor: Vomit, Gun violence, Drug use, Hate crime, Misogyny, Medical content, Homophobia, Alcohol, Child death, Domestic abuse, and Forced institutionalization

akswhy's review against another edition

challenging sad medium-paced

2.5

Touching, but disjointed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Sexual content, Death of parent, and Homophobia

quinnowo's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

I was never really able to enjoy reading poetry until this collection. It's still my absolute favorite book of poetry. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Death of parent, Death, and Grief

frankieclc's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Death of parent

Moderate: Death, Drug use, and Grief

moonpeach's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Moderate: Addiction, Sexual content, War, Terminal illness, and Suicide

dancingprince's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

I loved his work again, but it didn't stick with me the way his first volume did. I only found a select few that I was absolutely desperate for.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War

Moderate: Racism

Minor: Sexual content

el13's review against another edition

fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

suchsweetsorrow89's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.0

ending the year with an ocean vuong bang. having read his last two books, i was curious about what he would do with his latest book— especially considering his mother's death and the staple that she had not just in his life and development into himself, but especially into his writing. in some ways, his mother was his work, she was his poetry. i think what this collection did exceptionally well was honor her and honor that staple that she had. while speaking on his sexuality, identity, and american politics, this collection became new in that it talked about his role as a writer and an artist. i would struggle calling this book poetry because it really reads like an ode: an ode to his mother, an ode to everyone who held a staple in his life, and an ode to his poetry, the persona that he crafted to make something great (and in this sense it also extends to the readers and the consumers). my only advice to people before going into this book is that reading his past texts are essential, since he makes many allusions to his past and his work. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, and Sexual content