Reviews tagging 'Cancer'

The Emperor of Gladness by Ocean Vuong

16 reviews

mdhart1104's review against another edition

4.25

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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cancer, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Suicide, Terminal illness, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcohol, War, Classism

schnurln's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness

Moderate: Death, Drug use

Minor: Cancer

mdavis26's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Bullying, Cancer, Drug use, Mental illness, Blood, Dementia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis

littlerthings's review against another edition

4.0

emotional reflective sad

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"How strange to feel something so close to mercy, whatever that was, and stranger still that it should be found in here of all places, at the end of a road of ruined houses by a toxic river. That among a pile of salvaged trash he would come closest to all he wanted to be."

I wanted to like this more than I did :( Ocean Vuong is one of my favourite writers and  I absolutely adored his first novel so I guess there was a certain expectation. I can't really pinpoint why but somehow I wasn't as captivated as I wanted to be, and due to the pacing I sadly found it hard to stay focused in the middle part. 
The last chapters were gorgeous though. Ocean Vuong's writing was incredibly soft and heartfelt as always. The characters were well written and their stories and bonds were heartbreaking.

I'll probably never eat a carrot again without thinking of Grazina.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Death, Drug abuse, Gore, Racism, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Dementia, Suicide attempt, War

Moderate: Cancer, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Vomit, Car accident

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reb_knits's review against another edition

5.0

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

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Looking forward to reading everything Ocean Vuong has yet to write

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Dementia, Suicide attempt, Murder, War

Moderate: Child death, Racism, Death of parent

Minor: Cancer

svrvsky's review against another edition

5.0

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: Yes

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this is such a kind book. Lots of laughing, crying, anxiety just ahhhh so many emotions in this beautiful book. Thank u Ocean !!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcohol, War