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On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong

24 reviews

costcomuffin154's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Animal cruelty, and Addiction

Moderate: Homophobia, Emotional abuse, Addiction, Sexual content, Racism, Misogyny, Drug use, Drug abuse, and Colonisation

lilkstew's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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

5.0

Wow, this might be the most beautiful book I have ever read. The blend of poetry and prose was masterful; nearly every page had a sentence that made me stop in my tracks. The whole book felt like I was watching the author toss pebbles into a pond one by one and counting the ripples on the surface. It was so meditative and emotional and intimate and heartfelt and bittersweet; my eyes stung for a good portion of this novel. I can't believe that Vuong was able to write about love, family, war, addiction, violence, identity, and loss with such great nuance in under 300 pages. This was fantastic. I imagine that I'll keep thinking about this book for a long time to come. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Blood, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Racism, and Sexual content

Moderate: Abortion, Alcoholism, and Animal death

ocean's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Car accident, Death, Sexism, Torture, Transphobia, Violence, Vomit, Xenophobia, Animal cruelty, Alcoholism, Addiction, Abortion, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Excrement, Gun violence, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Terminal illness, Blood, Bullying, Cancer, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Grief, Confinement, Medical content, Emotional abuse, and Domestic abuse

charity1313's review against another edition

I gave up around 50% of the way in. It was too graphic, too emotional, too one-note. At first, I took on too much of the character's emotion for myself and I thought I could continue but in smaller chunks of time spent reading, but when I went back to the book I found I just really didn't want to listen anymore. It felt like it was all the same emotional story over and over but with different people. I was tired and frustrated by his relationship with Trevor. I can see why the author chose to make a more in depth study of that relationship but I just wanted to move ON... I might still pick it back up but mostly I feel done with the book, even though I didn't "finish" it. I'm finished with it. 

Language was beautiful, poetic - as expected - and made for some good quotes. Made a stark contrast to the graphic nature of much of the content.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Violence