Reviews tagging 'Xenophobia'

Time Is a Mother by Ocean Vuong

15 reviews

softgalaxy's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

Beautiful poetry. Just beautiful. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, and Grief

Moderate: Homophobia, Xenophobia, War, Hate crime, and Violence

okayletsread's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

2.0

I appreciate Ocean's vulnerability, which is clearly given as a gift to his readers, but the style and content of the poetry wasn't my preference. The images often felt disjointed to a point where I had a hard time grasping the substance of each poem. I felt rather distracted by the competing details. I'd still like to try his memoir which I've heard is breathtaking and heartbreaking, but this didn't work for me. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Xenophobia, Drug use, Homophobia, Death of parent, Drug abuse, and Death

mirandyli's review against another edition

emotional reflective fast-paced

4.25

Exquisitely beautiful poetry.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Drug use, Racism, Death of parent, Xenophobia, Death, Colonisation, Homophobia, Grief, and War

that_reader's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Xenophobia, Death, Alcohol, Death of parent, Car accident, War, Terminal illness, Suicide, Sexual harassment, and Racism

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

bashsbooks's review

challenging emotional reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

The hype around Ocean Vuong's poetry is well-earned. I recommend reading these poems aloud.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death of parent, Grief, and War

Moderate: Death, Homophobia, Racism, Suicide, Xenophobia, and Violence

Minor: Car accident

fengxin's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Homophobia, Suicide, War, Death of parent, Drug use, Mental illness, Cancer, Xenophobia, Hate crime, Violence, Car accident, and Racism

Moderate: Animal death

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

earlydecember's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Cancer, Xenophobia, and Death of parent

Minor: Child abuse and Sexual assault

theresa__13's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

who gave him the right to break me? 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide attempt and Xenophobia