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Time is a Mother by Ocean Vuong

52 reviews

cernst09's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Grief, and Death of parent

hannibanani29's review against another edition

emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Car accident, and Death of parent

Moderate: Cancer, Gun violence, Suicide, and War

Minor: Sexual content and Vomit

sonyareadsbooks's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Death, Mental illness, Suicide, Death of parent, and War

vigil's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

3.5

for the most part, this collection didn’t hit as hard as his previous one for me. the poems in this one truly shined the more reflective they were, especially those focusing on the gathering thread of the poems, his mother. 

but so much time was spent, in my opinion, meandering that i believe that you could remove the first section and the collection would be stronger for it. my favorite of them all is section 2 where he really began to shine, and returned to the things that made me enjoy his poetry in the first place. the final two sections didn’t quite manage to live up to the second, but it was miles better than that first portion. 

my personal standouts here are:
the last dinosaur 

waterline

rise & shine

dear t

amazon history of a former nail salon worker 

nothing 

ars poetica as the maker

the punctum

tell me something good

woodworking at the end of the world

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cancer, Death, Mental illness, Suicide, Grief, Death of parent, and War

christofertyler's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-paced

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer

decoincidenza's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Domestic abuse, and Death of parent

laurenkimoto's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

4.25

This is the first work of poetry I have read and I don’t know if anything will ever live up to this. Vuong’s works are lyrical and flowing and amazing. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Body horror, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Car accident, Abortion, Death of parent, Cultural appropriation, Alcohol, and Colonisation

solouncapitulomas's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Cancer, Racism, and Sexual assault

Minor: Suicide and War

sidneyreads_'s review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer and Death of parent

mmaack24's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

5.0

gorgeous. my favorite poetry collection and some of my favorite work from ocean vuong.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Death of parent, and War

Moderate: Addiction, Cancer, Homophobia, and Sexual assault