Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

Time Is a Mother by Ocean Vuong

12 reviews

coriandercilantro's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts and Grief

lynxpardinus's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Cancer, Car accident, Medical content, Racism, Death, Hate crime, Grief, Suicide, Animal death, and War

Moderate: Gore, Sexual violence, Homophobia, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, Genocide, Addiction, Blood, Child abuse, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Forced institutionalization, Antisemitism, and Pedophilia

hello_lovely13's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Cancer, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Racism, and Sexual assault

Minor: Suicide

murderousscottishgremlin's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

I cried a lot while reading this —Vuong has such a way with words.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Racism, and Xenophobia

Minor: Sexual assault, Genocide, and Homophobia

kers_tin's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War, Cancer, Suicide, Xenophobia, Death of parent, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, and Gun violence

Minor: Addiction

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

emma_b_rhodes's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Grief, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Colonisation, Death of parent, Violence, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, and War

hannibanani29's review against another edition

emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Car accident, Drug use, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Cancer, Suicide, War, and Gun violence

Minor: Sexual content and Vomit

laurenkimoto's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

4.25

This is the first work of poetry I have read and I don’t know if anything will ever live up to this. Vuong’s works are lyrical and flowing and amazing. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Abortion, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Bullying, Alcohol, Car accident, Child abuse, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, Cursing, Biphobia, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Hate crime, Homophobia, Racism, Racial slurs, Self harm, Sexual content, and Suicide

charlottesoph's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Addiction, Cancer, Car accident, Murder, Terminal illness, and War

Minor: Hate crime