Reviews tagging 'Forced institutionalization'

Time Is a Mother by Ocean Vuong

3 reviews

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

itskayleighlove's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Death of parent