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On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
This is a poetic love letter to the “fruits of violence” who “didn’t let the violence spoil the fruit.” In a beautiful and fluid way, Vuong tells the adolescence of a Vietnamese son and his illiterate mother. Told through poetry and anecdotes, Vuong doesn’t hold back the love and vitriol of the othered life in Hartford, Connecticut. It read like a dream sequence, grasping from moment to moment but always visceral.
Graphic: Death
Moderate: Drug abuse, Homophobia, Xenophobia, and Grief