Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

Time Is a Mother by Ocean Vuong

44 reviews

nineinchnails's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

3.5

i don't usually read poetry so i think a lot of these went over my head. i didn't really connect to or understand much of the poems in the first half of this collection which was a little disappointing because i've heard such good things about vuong's work. there were more than a few poems in the second half that managed to grip me though. 

'Künstlerroman' was my favourite here. if i'm remembering correctly it was the longest poem, which might be why i managed to connect to it more. it was gutting and felt very raw. a shorter poem i really enjoyed was 'Amazon History of a Former Nail Salon Worker'. i don't think i've ever had a list poem make me tear up like that. vuong is no doubt a talented poet but i think the formatting and structure of most of these poems just didn't work for me - that's not to say that they'll never work for me, but as it stands i don't read much poetry so i much preferred the longer poems in this collection.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Cancer, War, Terminal illness, Car accident, and Racism

Minor: Suicide and Police brutality

forkontheleft's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War

Minor: Suicide and Animal death

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

calcijade's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Cancer, Death of parent, Suicide, Hate crime, Bullying, Gun violence, and Racism

allthebestjess's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Moderate: Suicide

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

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

yinflower's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Cancer, Death of parent, Suicide, War, and Death

mikkiokko's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad

5.0

No words, just astonishment. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Drug use, Death of parent, Suicide, War, Homophobia, and Mental illness

ka_cam's review against another edition

emotional fast-paced

3.75

While some of the poems were very striking/compelling, and I enjoyed hearing the authors voice and cadence etc., I wouldn’t recommend this as an audiobook unless you really enjoy audiobook poetry. Some of the poems needed more time for me to process which just isn’t as easy when listening. Some had very powerful moments and lines, and all and all enjoyed the collection. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Grief

Moderate: Racism

Minor: Suicide