Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Night Sky with Exit Wounds by Ocean Vuong

19 reviews

growintogardens's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad

2.5

I don't think I was in the right headspace for this book, too much sex and violence for me today. I liked a few lines here and there, and I can see the literary merit to some of them, but yeah it's not for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Sexual content, Violence, War, and Death

Moderate: Grief

mikeybjones's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Death of parent, Gun violence, Death, Grief, Hate crime, Murder, and Violence

alondere's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

The format can be confusing at first as Ocean tends to spice it up, but you'll get used to it quickly. Has such a creative use for symbolism and analogy that just guts you in at times. 

The novel title of his second book can be found here 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Drug abuse, Racism, War, and Death of parent

Moderate: Child abuse, Terminal illness, and Homophobia

Minor: Racial slurs and Violence

lynxpardinus's review

challenging emotional reflective sad

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Grief, Gun violence, Sexual content, Death of parent, Racism, and War

Moderate: Police brutality, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Homophobia, Religious bigotry, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical content

Minor: Ableism and Racial slurs

soswiin's review

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

2.0

i'm sure these are beautiful poems but i just couldn't understand 95% of them. i understood the themes behind this collection but i couldn't apply them to the words on the page all that well

ok but "the most beautiful part of your body is where it’s headed. & remember, loneliness is still time spent with the world" and "maybe we pray on our knees because god only listens when we're this close to the devil."? COME ON

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Grief, and Domestic abuse

evakonic's review

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Blood, Death, Grief, Murder, Sexual content, Violence, and War

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

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

pippawig's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War and Grief

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