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the_vegan_bookworm's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Grief, Death of parent, and Death
ericispublius's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Violence, War, and Death
thesupermassive's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Death and Death of parent
Moderate: War and Gun violence
khakipantsofsex's review against another edition
4.0
Moderate: Cancer, Death, War, and Car accident
Minor: Racism, Suicide, Drug use, Animal death, and Homophobia
bashsbooks's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Cancer, Death of parent, Grief, and War
Moderate: Death, Homophobia, Racism, Suicide, Xenophobia, and Violence
Minor: Car accident
clemrain's review against another edition
3.75
I really enjoyed ‘the bull’ and ‘now theory’. Simple, punching lines that were accessible reads.
It’s funny, his novel read like poetry and I though reading his poems would be such a treat. So I was quick to pick up his poetry collection. But, the strongest pieces in his poetry collection were the paragraphs of poetry that read like flash fiction. I think he’s a great writer, and that he needs to find the balance between his story telling and purple prose.
His poems aren’t completely relatable to me, and his themes can be a bit repetitive. I think you can only talk about the same idea so many times. Vuong does a good job at bringing a new structure to his ideas, but the story is just the same. This isn’t bad, but it did take me out of his work. It’s already a taxing read because of its theme and complexities, so I wish the collection removed some redundancy.
Overall, a good read. I will be looking back at it. I’m also looking forward to reading his other poetry collection.
Moderate: Death and Grief
divyareads's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Death, Death of parent, and Grief
m4rtt4's review against another edition
3.75
Nothing negative to say, but obviously not every poem can hit the same. My favourite ones were Dear Peter, The Punctum and Not Even — a million stars for those.
Moderate: Grief, Racism, Death, Death of parent, and Cancer
Minor: Violence, Medical content, and War
oozyschmoozy's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Racism, and Suicide
growintogardens's review against another edition
2.75
Graphic: Death and Death of parent
Moderate: Sexual content, Racism, Violence, and Cancer