Reviews tagging 'Rape'

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong

34 reviews

saoreads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-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? Yes

4.5

Raw. Vulnerable. Familiarity. I find myself holding back the tears from numerous lines that utter honesty. From history, childhood traumas, racism, discrimination, being gay, love and grief - this book carries alot of emotions, all well too real. While reading, it felt like unearthing something, as if I can unravel what comes to our thoughts and feel it too deeply. Its got so many quotes that can make you question things and ponder upon, a favorite of mine states, "Because freedom, I am told, is nothing but the distance between the hunter and its prey." It's a lovely memoir, one that engraves to a person's self-identity. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Death, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, and Abandonment

lindseyhall44's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad slow-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cancer, Drug abuse, Genocide, Miscarriage, Racism, Rape, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Abortion, and Pregnancy

lena_and_her_books's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.0

Vuongs intimate and poetic writing captures the moving story of a gay son of a vietnamese immigrant mother. The boy finds himself in a crossfire of the american opioid crisis, homophobia and his mothers (and grandmothers) war trauma. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Homophobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Car accident, and Abortion

Moderate: Xenophobia and Excrement

Minor: Rape

CW: gay slurs, forced abortion, drug abuse by minors, internalized homophobia, death by drug overdose

the_literarylinguist's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Drug use, Mental illness, and Violence

Moderate: Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual content, Terminal illness, and Abortion