Reviews tagging 'Panic attacks/disorders'

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong

35 reviews

notartgarfunkel's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Death, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Sexual content, Xenophobia, Abortion, War, Child death, Death of parent, Racism, Gun violence, and Addiction

Moderate: Excrement, Body horror, Terminal illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Alcoholism, Gore, Blood, Cancer, Vomit, Murder, Medical content, Alcohol, Bullying, Colonisation, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, and Cursing

Minor: Fatphobia, Transphobia, Pedophilia, and Deportation

gabriella_'s review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

His prose is beautiful and reads like poetry, it is recommended to read this before Night Sky with Exit Wounds, it adds so much more context to that read

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Racial slurs, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Miscarriage, Mental illness, Homophobia, Drug abuse, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Misogyny, Medical content, Drug use, Addiction, Bullying, War, Violence, Sexual content, Grief, Abortion, Xenophobia, Racism, Terminal illness, Sexism, Pregnancy, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Dementia, Death, Cursing, and Classism

cobwebshelves's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Blood, Drug use, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Alcoholism, Addiction, Excrement, Bullying, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Car accident, Gore, War, Vomit, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Homophobia, and Grief

itsruthalicia's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

Written in very flowery language, parts of this book felt like reading poetry. It explores themes of the migrant experience and trauma felt by those who have lived through and fled the was in Vietnam. There is also an interesting exploration on sexuality, with two lovable but very different characters. The novel was presented as a letter that the protagonist had written to his illiterate mum, where he focuses on key memories in his life with frequent flashbacks and jumps to other moments. Due to these jumps in chronology, it was at times a little difficult to decipher where abouts he was. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Grief, Terminal illness, and War

giulia_rossi's review against another edition

dark reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Grief, Blood, Animal cruelty, Colonisation, Abortion, Addiction, Drug use, and Child abuse

Moderate: Bullying, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Hate crime, Miscarriage, Racial slurs, Sexual harassment, Death of parent, Body shaming, and Panic attacks/disorders

solaria's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Abortion, War, Vomit, Toxic relationship, Mental illness, Gun violence, Grief, Cancer, Addiction, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Violence, and Racism

sketchydelusion's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Xenophobia, Death, Sexual content, Racism, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Pregnancy, Animal cruelty, and War

Minor: Terminal illness, Dementia, and Panic attacks/disorders

tinyjude's review

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, War, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Violence, Xenophobia, Death, Colonisation, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Genocide, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, and Racism

Minor: Cancer

lexipassno's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

heartbreaking

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Abortion, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Panic attacks/disorders, Drug abuse, Grief, and Transphobia

neni's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

This is a tricky book to rate. The format is quite interesting and unique, the story being broken up into little sections or "scenes", like little windows into the character's lives. While this sometimes made the narrative confusing and hard to follow, it was very effective in making the reader feel progressively more immersed into the character's lives, almost like watching a movie or a showreel of moments that on their own mean nothing, but together make a full, human picture. The writing itself was incredible and, I think, perfect for the type of story the author was trying to convey. The style was beautiful in its flowery descriptions and moving with its raw imagery. I didn't have a greater time reading this book because, while beautiful,  it's also incredibly sad and depressing, so in order to preserve my sanity I kept myself from being as emotionally invested as usual. That, in itself, is proof of the quality of the book, since the story and its characters felt like real people. Overall, a great piece of fiction, I think useful for everyone to read at some point in their lives. Just be mindful of the dark subjects and  trigger warnings.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Xenophobia, War, Violence, Terminal illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Racism, Racial slurs, Miscarriage, Sexual violence, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Homophobia, Gun violence, Hate crime, Excrement, Drug use, Abortion, Bullying, Drug abuse, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal death, Blood, Cancer, Child abuse, Colonisation, Death, and Car accident