Reviews tagging 'Panic attacks/disorders'

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong

41 reviews

josie9's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

Absolutely speechless, Vuong’s writing is truely ingenious, authentic and so freaking devastating 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Addiction, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Alcoholism, Animal death, Blood, Cancer, Classism, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Excrement, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Colonisation, Drug use, Gaslighting, Grief, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Racism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, War, and Bullying

mackennariley's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Child abuse, Drug use, Hate crime, Racism, Sexual content, Xenophobia, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Blood, Colonisation, Cursing, Excrement, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, and Racial slurs

b0ygenius's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

i found the first part to be slow and too disjointed and just hard to get into, and i felt that in the third part a bit too but i fell absolutely head over heels in love with the second part. like secret gay love affair, summer, teenage angst, discovering your identity???????? literally written for me. like if u look at anything i’ve ever written all of those themes are there i’m obsessed

[revisit, 3/22/22] this book stuck with me a lot more than i thought it would. revisited the second part today and yeah it still hit just as hard. absolutely gutting. perfectly captures the feeling of first love and secret relationships, especially ones where you’re young and naive and taken advantage of. the story with trevor reminds me so much of my first relationship so it just hits So hard for me. the poem at the end is just incredible too probably my favorite from vuong. so many incredible quotes from this section but “you who crawled from the wreck of summer like sons leaving their mothers’ bodies” always knocks me out. i have to physically put down the book after i read that. incredible

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Violence, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Addiction, Drug use, Mental illness, War, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Grief, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical content

Moderate: Abortion

lunaxmoon's review against another edition

challenging emotional

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Addiction, Animal cruelty, Domestic abuse, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Abortion

anyname's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Drug abuse, Grief, Homophobia, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Sexual content, Violence, and Abortion

Moderate: Abandonment, Alcoholism, Animal death, Blood, Death, Drug use, and War

Minor: Cancer, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Excrement, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, and Vomit

alliemikennareads's review against another edition

challenging emotional slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

“I’m not telling you a story so much as a shipwreck - the pieces floating, finally legible.” -Page 190. 

I read On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous as part of an LGBTQ+ book club at work that I was discussion leader for. It was a great discussion starter for us, with many thought provoking conversations. 

The writing is poetic and beautiful - just breathtakingly well done at many points. I’m not sure what I expected going in, but this was a lot darker and tougher to read than I anticipated. I’m not sure I would’ve powered through if I was reading by myself because it’s not a linear book and it’s pretty hard to follow. But I’m really glad I followed through and read it. 

TW: child physical abuse, panic attack, PTSD, homophobic slur and general homophobia, bullying, very graphic forced abortion, racism, drug use and overdose, death on page. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Abortion, Panic attacks/disorders, Drug abuse, War, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Homophobia, Bullying, and Racism

sadiefc's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, War, and Sexual content

Moderate: Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Bullying, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Colonisation, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Hate crime, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Xenophobia, Vomit, and Transphobia

junkxe's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Addiction, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Sexual content

_kimb's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Genocide, Grief, Mental illness, Racism, Sexual content, Xenophobia, Cancer, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Physical abuse, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Colonisation, Blood, Car accident, Panic attacks/disorders, and Medical content

darbylane's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Death, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Sexual content

Moderate: Blood, Cursing, Excrement, Medical content, Abortion, and Animal death