Review by komiification - On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

komiification 's review for:

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong

4.0

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I won't lie, but I tend to get easily distracted when listening to audio books, so there were points where I happened to tune out what was happening. That's entirely my own fault as I get used to reading in audio form, and not a fault of the book at all. I'm fact, this book is written like the most beautiful poetry, even when describing some of the most tragic and difficult events imaginable. It is not an easy book to get through, and I often thought about stopping because it really was just hard to listen to some of the things Little Dog and his family had to go through. But not all books should exist to be blatant consumer-centric entertainment, so I would urge people to pick this up, despite it not being an 'easy read'.

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