Reviews tagging 'Racial slurs'

Time is a Mother by Ocean Vuong

4 reviews

reb_knits's review

dark emotional reflective slow-paced

4.5

Ocean Vuong is so special

Poems I liked
- Beautiful Short Loser
- Dear Sara
- American Legend
- The Last Dinosaur
- Not Even
- Nothing
- No One Knows the Way to Heaven
- Almost Human
- Dear Rose

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Death of parent, and War

ejanephillips's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad medium-paced

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Hate crime, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicide, Grief, and Death of parent

emma_b_rhodes's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Colonisation, and War

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