Reviews tagging 'Pregnancy'

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong

60 reviews

blueberry0531's review

emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-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: Animal cruelty, Cancer, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Sexual content, Abortion, Addiction, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, War, Drug use, Death, Grief, Physical abuse, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Homophobia

Minor: Vomit, Transphobia, Pregnancy, and Racism

mirireads's review

challenging emotional reflective medium-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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Sexual content, Addiction, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Death, and Grief

Minor: Animal cruelty, Abortion, Pregnancy, Blood, Cancer, Car accident, Gun violence, and Excrement

flamesocks's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Abortion, Addiction, Alcoholism, Xenophobia, Blood, Cancer, Car accident, Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Gun violence, Grief, Hate crime, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, and Violence

yuki__'s review

dark emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Homophobia, Pregnancy, Bullying, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, War, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Addiction, Abortion, and Grief

blueberryhotel's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

gorgeous gorgeous book. it felt like reading a novel-length poem, which i loved. i think i could spend years picking apart each sentence and passage and weaving together all the meanings and symbolism and still not cover everything. so unique and captivating and heartbreaking - this book made me cry and i rarely cry while reading.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Addiction, Drug abuse, War, Abortion, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Grief, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Bullying, Child abuse, Homophobia, and Racism

Minor: Car accident, Excrement, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Cancer, and Medical trauma

josie9's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense 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? Yes

4.75

Absolutely speechless, Vuong’s writing is truely ingenious, authentic and so freaking devastating 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Addiction, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Alcoholism, Animal death, Blood, Cancer, Classism, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Excrement, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Colonisation, Drug use, Gaslighting, Grief, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Racism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, War, and Bullying

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

kathrinellis's review

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad medium-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? Yes

4.5

Very touching and unique story about loss, first love, struggling with your family and sexuality, migration, addiction, the Vietnamese war and (emotional) abuse. Also, the title is immaculate.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Grief, Hate crime, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Sexual content, and War

nipsnpiss's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense 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: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, and War

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