Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

Night Sky with Exit Wounds by Ocean Vuong

30 reviews

oliverlang's review against another edition

dark reflective medium-paced

3.0

I read this to complete a queer poetry prompt in a reading challenge -- I'm not usually one to seek out poetry so this was a different one for me.

I liked some of it, but I think poetry and it's formatting is mostly lost on me.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, and War

mangobox's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Sexual content

Moderate: War and Gun violence

skudiklier's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

This is one of the best poetry collections I've ever read. Vuong writes absolutely stunningly--I don't think I've ever read a poem of his I didn't love. His writings about his father hit me the hardest. I'd absolutely recommend this book to anyone who likes poetry at all, and maybe even anyone who doesn't. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and War

Moderate: Gun violence, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Racism, Physical abuse, and Miscarriage

Minor: Sexual assault

georgiapeach's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Grief, Gun violence, Mental illness, Sexual content, and War

laurabarrett's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Sexual content, and War

itskayleighlove's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, and Suicidal thoughts

wrenxavier's review against another edition

mysterious reflective fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Gun violence

persephonese's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective

4.5

The poems I loved the most: Telemachaus, Aubade with Burning City, Immigrant Halibun, The Gift, Self Portrait as Exit Wounds, Into the Breach, Seventh Circle of Earth, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, Untitled (Blue, Green, and Brown): oil on canvas: Mark Rothko: 1952, Notebook Fragments, and Someday I'll Love Ocean Vuong. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Gun violence, Homophobia, Sexual content, Suicide, Violence, and Xenophobia

Minor: Animal death

rosieposie_5_'s review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

4.25

Beautiful poetry - some of which had deeper meanings that may have gone over my head
explores themes of family, war, immigration, love, and death as a reflection of the poet's past experiences

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Sexual content, and Violence

penofpossibilities's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense slow-paced

4.0

not gonna pretend like i got any of this, buT its gonna be fun to figure out and grow with. there's alot of pain and destruction in this collection and i had to put it aside for a bit in the process of reading this. I dont think i got all the trigger warnings but just know its heavy and deals alot with dense and inherently sad and traumatic topics.

"maybe we pray on our knees because god only listens when we're this close to the devil"

"from men, i learned to praise the thickness of walls. from women, i learned to praise. if you are given my body, put it down."

"as if my finger, / tracing your collarbone / behind closed doors, / was enough / to erease myself."

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Grief, Sexual content, Gun violence, Hate crime, and Homophobia

Moderate: Xenophobia, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

Minor: Cannibalism