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decie's review against another edition
Graphic: Grief and Death of parent
the_vegan_bookworm's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Grief, Death of parent, and Death
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
locke_reads's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Cancer, Death, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Car accident, Suicide, Vomit, Grief, Medical content, and War
emory's review against another edition
Moderate: Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Grief, Hate crime, Racism, Suicide, Addiction, Bullying, Death, Car accident, Cursing, Cancer, Drug use, and War
ejanephillips's review against another edition
2.0
Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Grief, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicide, Bullying, Cursing, and Homophobia
alyssajp's review against another edition
Graphic: Death of parent and Grief
Moderate: Physical abuse