A review by fckntara
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong

emotional reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.75

"Let no one mistake us for the fruit of violence - but that violence, having passed through the fruit, failed to spoil it."

Evocative, visceral vignettes of Little Dog's life; of being the product of generational trauma, of your first and heaviest love, of loss, of empathy for your parents despite their flaws, despite what they put you through, despite what they went through. The sacrifices. Of finding a way to make it all poetic anyway
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