Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong

41 reviews

aprilinao's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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? No

5.0

This book is so beautifully written, and as a queer person raised in a Viet immigrant family, it was a very emotional read. I would love to read it again and again. I hosted a book club through my campus library on this book, and it was difficult to narrow down discussion questions: A high number of lines are filled with meaning, and the book is told in unconventional manners. We could have made the meeting so much longer and would have loved every second of it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, War, Addiction, Animal cruelty, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual violence, Death, Homophobia, Medical trauma, Racism, Rape, Alcoholism, Cancer, Car accident, Child abuse, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Terminal illness, Grief, and Hate crime

lucille_c's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Addiction, Blood, Gore, Excrement, Animal cruelty, Death, Drug use, Homophobia, War, Animal death, Drug abuse, and Grief

Moderate: Medical content, Terminal illness, Car accident, Child abuse, Abortion, Bullying, Cancer, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Mental illness

Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis

ell_'s review against another edition

slow-paced

Not a fan. Not for me at all. To try hard - it’s difficult to read and understand. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Child abuse

laurenkimoto's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

I don’t really read poetry but I have now put Vuong’s works on hold at the library. The writing of this is incredibly lyrical almost dreamlike (or nightmare?). 
I also don’t annotate books but I want a physical copy of this book to annotate because there are so many wonderful lines and quotes and more

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Colonisation, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Abortion, Addiction, Alcohol, Cancer, Drug abuse, Grief, Homophobia, Medical content, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Racism, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , War, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Vomit, Abandonment, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, and Animal death

fietje's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Child abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, and Sexual content

emilia_digi's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Toxic relationship, Terminal illness, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Sexism, Death, Cancer, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Racism, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Miscarriage, Mental illness, Homophobia, Hate crime, Grief, Drug use, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Abortion, Addiction, War, and Violence

Minor: Vomit

leahcull45's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Hate crime, Drug abuse, Drug use, Physical abuse, Homophobia, War, and Sexual assault

alexandra73's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, and Sexual content

Moderate: Bullying, Homophobia, Racism, Sexual assault, and War

Minor: Animal cruelty and Domestic abuse

radfordmanor's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Toxic relationship, Grief, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

Moderate: Homophobia, Misogyny, Murder, Rape, Toxic friendship, Death of parent, Infidelity, War, Vomit, Animal death, Bullying, Chronic illness, Death, Grief, Violence, Alcoholism, Child death, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical trauma

snoutsiru's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

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

4.75

really really liked it

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Sexual content, Animal cruelty, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Racism, Sexual assault, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Alcoholism, Addiction, Alcohol, Bullying, Car accident, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and War

Minor: Pregnancy