Reviews tagging 'Hate crime'

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong

110 reviews

lostboylio's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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: Complicated

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nothing i could ever say in this review would sound nearly as good as anything written in this book.
truly heartbreaking and amazingly beautiful! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Sexual content, War

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Cursing, Drug use, Homophobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Abortion, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Abandonment, Alcohol

Minor: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Fire/Fire injury

lexipassno's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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heartbreaking

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Dementia, Grief, Abortion, Alcohol

lovelylilelle's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Violence, Grief, War

Moderate: Addiction

neni's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: N/A

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This is a tricky book to rate. The format is quite interesting and unique, the story being broken up into little sections or "scenes", like little windows into the character's lives. While this sometimes made the narrative confusing and hard to follow, it was very effective in making the reader feel progressively more immersed into the character's lives, almost like watching a movie or a showreel of moments that on their own mean nothing, but together make a full, human picture. The writing itself was incredible and, I think, perfect for the type of story the author was trying to convey. The style was beautiful in its flowery descriptions and moving with its raw imagery. I didn't have a greater time reading this book because, while beautiful,  it's also incredibly sad and depressing, so in order to preserve my sanity I kept myself from being as emotionally invested as usual. That, in itself, is proof of the quality of the book, since the story and its characters felt like real people. Overall, a great piece of fiction, I think useful for everyone to read at some point in their lives. Just be mindful of the dark subjects and  trigger warnings.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Excrement, Medical content, Car accident, Abortion, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail

hannibanani29's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Sexual content

Moderate: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cancer, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Racism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Excrement, Grief, Car accident, Abortion, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , War

Minor: Cursing, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Sexual violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

emilia_digi's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Grief, Abortion, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcohol, War

Minor: Vomit

graciexpratt's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, War

leahismangil's review against another edition

5.0

emotional reflective slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Hate crime, Homophobia, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, War

grandadnaima's review against another edition

5.0

emotional reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Hate crime, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Racism, Death of parent

kellywa2711's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Hate crime, Homophobia, Abortion, War