Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

Time is a Mother by Ocean Vuong

28 reviews

kain47's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Addiction, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, and Alcohol

idesofmarch's review

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Death of parent

Moderate: Racism and Sexual content

Minor: War

ckingcolorado's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional lighthearted reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

I thought this might be too out-there for me, but I actually really enjoyed it. There is an unexpected, jumbled quality to many of the poems that made me chuckle, despite the heavy subject matters. There is a narrative woven into the seemingly unrelated lines. No one I have ever read uses words quite like Ocean Vuong. Striking, dark, hilarious, beautiful. Worth the read.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Death, Racism, Car accident, and War

Minor: Sexual content

isadora_in_the_stars's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer and Death of parent

Moderate: Addiction, Racism, Grief, and Car accident

Minor: Sexual content

tvgirl's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual content

dozicasey's review against another edition

emotional fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Drug abuse, Sexual content, Suicide, Death of parent, and War

robinks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

Similar to Night Sky with Exit Wounds, the run on sentences made some poems really hard for me to follow. Overall, however, I felt the impact of these poems, their imagery and select phrases.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Car accident, and Death of parent

Moderate: Cancer, Racism, Sexual content, Suicide, Blood, War, and Classism

Minor: Child death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Medical content, and Alcohol

akswhy's review

challenging sad medium-paced

2.5

Touching, but disjointed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Racism, Sexual content, and Death of parent

quinnowo's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

I was never really able to enjoy reading poetry until this collection. It's still my absolute favorite book of poetry. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Death, Grief, and Death of parent

frankieclc's review

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Death of parent

Moderate: Death, Drug use, and Grief