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A review by headinthebooks
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong
2.0
2,5 stars
This book is beautifully written! The story is gorgeous! It such a good book about class, race, masculinity and sexuality!
The book can be hard to read in the beginning(it took me 3 times before I finished the book) simply because of the writing style but you just have to push through. I loved the first part of the story where you learn about the family. Then the second part came about this boy Trevor.. which in my opinion we didn't really need to have in that much details(but I understand why we have it!), and here I had to push through a bit.
I ended up crying in the end because of subjects and you fall for the characters! You both hate and love them! The main character could annoy me sometimes but others I loved him!
Each word has been polished to become so perfect that it can be so hard to take in. I love books that are messy and not every word is totally perfect(which this books is). That makes it really hard for me to read this beautiful book because I use my energy on taking in the beautiful word and not the story which I think is a shame.
I would recommend reading about some triggers or some warning before reading the book (;
TW: Addiction, war, drugs, sex, overdose, death.
This book is beautifully written! The story is gorgeous! It such a good book about class, race, masculinity and sexuality!
The book can be hard to read in the beginning(it took me 3 times before I finished the book) simply because of the writing style but you just have to push through. I loved the first part of the story where you learn about the family. Then the second part came about this boy Trevor.. which in my opinion we didn't really need to have in that much details(but I understand why we have it!), and here I had to push through a bit.
I ended up crying in the end because of subjects and you fall for the characters! You both hate and love them! The main character could annoy me sometimes but others I loved him!
Each word has been polished to become so perfect that it can be so hard to take in. I love books that are messy and not every word is totally perfect(which this books is). That makes it really hard for me to read this beautiful book because I use my energy on taking in the beautiful word and not the story which I think is a shame.
I would recommend reading about some triggers or some warning before reading the book (;
TW: Addiction, war, drugs, sex, overdose, death.