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A review by kjm19
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-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? No
3.75
Beautifully devastating.
A vivid picture of life for Vietnamese families in America following the war and what they were willing to accept and enjoy in their lives. “Not great or well or wonderful, but simply good. Because good was more often enough, was a precious spark we sought and harvested of and for one another.”
Harrowing, brutally honest and evocative of fractured lives living as a whole in one persons inner world and outer experience.
A vivid picture of life for Vietnamese families in America following the war and what they were willing to accept and enjoy in their lives. “Not great or well or wonderful, but simply good. Because good was more often enough, was a precious spark we sought and harvested of and for one another.”
Harrowing, brutally honest and evocative of fractured lives living as a whole in one persons inner world and outer experience.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cancer, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Excrement, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Colonisation, War
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Police brutality, Car accident