Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Night Sky with Exit Wounds by Ocean Vuong

7 reviews

gabriella_'s review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

3.25

I think the poetry was well-written but some of the topic matter wasn’t really for me. I went in thinking this was more of a series of poems tying into family struggles and grief but I found a lot of it lewd and about other things. That’s fine but just not what I expected.

I wish I read this after On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous instead

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Bullying, Body shaming, Child abuse, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Grief, Mental illness, Physical abuse, War, Violence, Homophobia, and Domestic abuse

siebensommer's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad

4.25

some nights you are the lighthouse / some nights the sea / what this means is that I don't know / desire other than the need / to be shattered & rebuilt / the mind forgetting / the body's crime of living

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent and War

Minor: Mental illness

maximauve's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Alcohol, Rape, Death, Grief, Mental illness, Violence, and War

ladybergart's review

fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Self harm, and War

kia_y_k's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Xenophobia, Animal death, Blood, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Grief, Mental illness, Racism, Child abuse, Death, Religious bigotry, and War

marissasa's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective

3.75

Ocean Vuong's writing is beautiful as always and his command of the english language is honestly unmatched. This poetry collection felt deeply personal and emotional, to the point where I felt like it was written solely for himself and I was taking a peek into a part of his brain, reading his inner thoughts. Some pieces hit harder than others and that's the nature of any poetry collection, but for this one there were only 2 that stood out from the rest to me: "The Gift" and "To My Father / To My Future Son". I also think it was interesting reading this after his book On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous because some of the lines referenced moments and situations in Vuong's life that seem to be referenced in his book too. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Blood, Cursing, Death, Grief, War, Mental illness, Sexual content, Addiction, Car accident, and Gun violence

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