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issyd23's review
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
relaxing
sad
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slow-paced
4.0
Beautiful, moving, heartbreaking: ‘Time is a motherfucker’.
Highlights include: Amazon History of a Former Nail Salon Worker.
‘In my language, the one I recall now only by closing my eyes, the word for love is Yêu.
And the word for weakness is Yếu.’ 4⏳
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Homophobia, Racism, Terminal illness, Violence, Medical content, Death of parent, Cultural appropriation, Colonisation, War, and Classism
alainareading's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
inspiring
reflective
sad
slow-paced
4.25
ocean vuong has done it again! this is a piercing collection of poetry. the connection made between survival as a creative act resonates with me so so deeply. i finished time is a mother a month ago but i’m still thinking about it. thank you, ocean vuong, for your beautiful, profound words! 🖤
Content Warnings
Graphic: Chronic illness, Homophobia, Terminal illness, Grief, Death of parent, and War