Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

Time is a Mother by Ocean Vuong

15 reviews

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

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

charlottesoph's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, and Death of parent

Moderate: Addiction, Cancer, Terminal illness, Car accident, Murder, and War

Minor: Hate crime

anka_not_anchor's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

4.75

This book is so, so, so beautiful and even better than Night Sky With Exit Wounds (in my opinion). No one writes quite like him. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, and War

auger's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

I am the first to say that modern poetry can be disappointing to say the least. Vuong avoided everything that makes modern poetry cringy. He is quite criptic and the way his scentences start as one thing and end up as another is remarkable and very kawakami. Love it and will reread it many times over.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Cancer, Death, Mental illness, Racism, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicide, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Death of parent, and War