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On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong

36 reviews

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

llj's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad 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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Xenophobia, Toxic relationship, Terminal illness, Sexual content, Religious bigotry, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Hate crime, Grief, Genocide, Excrement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Death of parent, Death, Colonisation, Child abuse, and Addiction

lena_and_her_books's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.0

Vuongs intimate and poetic writing captures the moving story of a gay son of a vietnamese immigrant mother. The boy finds himself in a crossfire of the american opioid crisis, homophobia and his mothers (and grandmothers) war trauma. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Cancer, Car accident, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Grief, Homophobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Excrement and Xenophobia

Minor: Rape

CW: gay slurs, forced abortion, drug abuse by minors, internalized homophobia, death by drug overdose

amycecilia's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Racial slurs, Racism, and Violence

dytiscusfriend's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

This book broke my heart open. On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous is a gift. This book is abundant and generous and personal and painful and achingly relevant. Ocean Vuong contextualizes so much and offers a poem composed of agony, delight, clarity, and connection.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Cancer, Confinement, Death, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Genocide, Grief, Homophobia, Medical content, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, and Transphobia

Moderate: Vomit

scherezade's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• 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

4.0

In some ways, this book is greater than the sum of its parts. Parts of the book dragged or were simply so intensely lyrical and abstract, I got a bit lost, but so much of the prose is so stunning and moving, it takes your breath away. I think this is a book worth rereading at various stages of your life. I'm glad to have read of it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Blood, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Excrement, Genocide, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, and Xenophobia