Reviews tagging 'Death'

Time Is a Mother by Ocean Vuong

62 reviews

rachjellie's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

Beautiful beautiful book. 

I don’t think it is fair to rate such an intimate book and collection of poems, so I won’t. I will say that this collection is a representation of love, loss, grief, humanity. What it means to feel and to be human. 

Some favorites:
Dear Sara
Amazon History of a Former Nail Salon Worker
Nothing 
Reasons for Staying
Ars Poetica as the Maker
Almost Human

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, and Homophobia

quinnowo's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

I was never really able to enjoy reading poetry until this collection. It's still my absolute favorite book of poetry. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Death of parent, Death, and Grief

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

issyd23's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense slow-paced

4.0

Beautiful, moving, heartbreaking: ‘Time is a motherfucker’. 

Highlights include: Amazon History of a Former Nail Salon Worker. 

‘In my language, the one I recall now only by closing my eyes, the word for love is Yêu.

And the word for weakness is Yếu.’ 4⏳

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cultural appropriation, Colonisation, Racism, Violence, Cancer, War, Classism, Death of parent, Homophobia, Medical content, Terminal illness, Chronic illness, 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

frankieclc's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Death of parent

Moderate: Death, Drug use, and Grief

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

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

billiekate's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Drug use

emilymaria's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide and Death