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

reflective

4.0

This book has a lot of beautiful language—an abundance of quotes that I want to squirrel away and savor, returning to them again and again—but I had a hard time with the structure. I felt like I was being yanked back and forth between different narratives. (Even though the book reads like a memoir, this structure left me more confused than enlightened.) The story is dark and harrowing, but I think Vuong does a good job of really capturing joy and happiness in little moments of light throughout the story. 
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