Reviews tagging 'Dementia'

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, by Ocean Vuong

33 reviews

ptitirodactyle's review

dark emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Racism, Sexual content, War, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Violence

Moderate: Car accident, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Infertility, Addiction, Blood, Bullying, Dementia, Drug use, Homophobia, Cancer, Death, Injury/injury detail, and Physical abuse

Minor: Alcoholism, Cursing, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Child abuse, Classism, Colonisation, Excrement, and Mass/school shootings

minnie_xx's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

really beautifully written. you can tell vuong is a poet. page 153-160 are really  special.  

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, Dementia, Cursing, Alcohol, Addiction, Abandonment, Death, Genocide, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Grief, Bullying, and Alcoholism

krystaltyong's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, War, Child abuse, Abortion, Drug abuse, Drug use, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Physical abuse, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Confinement, Racism, Addiction, Alcohol, Cursing, Dementia, Homophobia, Injury/injury detail, Mental illness, Bullying, Medical content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Toxic relationship

Minor: Blood, Vomit, Ableism, Cancer, Fire/Fire injury, and Medical content

val_so_'s review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Homophobia, Terminal illness, Animal death, Animal cruelty, War, Violence, Sexual content, Drug use, Drug abuse, and Abortion

Moderate: Dementia and Alcohol

serenspace's review

emotional reflective sad 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? Yes

5.0

a book is not a life, but sometimes they encapsulate it so well that that barrier is obfuscated. this one cannot be understated. there is so much grief and beauty that seems so impossible to consume, but here is proof that it can be done.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Death, Addiction, Dementia, Drug abuse, Racism, War, and Grief

average's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Addiction, Car accident, Dementia, Domestic abuse, War, Animal cruelty, Drug use, Cancer, Death, and Sexual content

lautreamont's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Animal cruelty, Drug use, Drug abuse, and Death of parent

Moderate: Addiction, Death, Homophobia, Mental illness, Excrement, and Dementia

Minor: Alcoholism

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

leemonade's review

dark emotional reflective

4.25

What I really wanted to say was that a monster is not such a terrible thing to be. … To be a monster is to be a hybrid signal, a lighthouse: both shelter and warning at once. … Perhaps there is a monstrous origin to it, after all. Perhaps to lay hands on your child is to prepare him for war. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Addiction, and Sexual content

Moderate: War, Cancer, Dementia, and Domestic abuse

jamesliggins's review

challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Dementia, Drug abuse, Drug use, Abortion, Violence, Homophobia, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Grief, and War