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sheriffrockyraccoon's review against another edition
4.0
Especially now, everyone knows Ocean Vuong and his work. While I was familiar, this is the first time I’ve sat down and read one of his publications. His writing is absolutely beautiful and haunting, and can often be difficult to digest.
I don’t really have any criticisms of his work, I believe it has a strong voice and beautiful style, but I was not expecting the content to be so heavy and visceral. If you wish to read his work, make sure you are in a good headspace and take the time you need to process each poem, and care for yourself in the meantime.
I would recommend this to anyone interested in contemporary poetry. His work is beautiful, albeit incredibly depressing. I also think anyone interested in Woolf and Plath would greatly enjoy his work.
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail
While these warnings are not explicit in their descriptions, the emotion and pain is there. Be cautious when reading.thalia16's review against another edition
4.0
Minor: Animal death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Colonisation, and War
idesofmarch's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Death, Sexual content, and War
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Sexual violence, and Violence
Minor: Drug abuse, Racial slurs, and Racism
draven_deathcrush's review against another edition
I thought this was good, and I love Ocean Vuong's writing, but I'm not a big poetry person. His novel, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous was definitely more impactful for me personally.
Graphic: Sexual content and War
Moderate: Death and Homophobia
joanna_banana's review against another edition
4.0
Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Sexual content, Grief, Death of parent, and War
joensign's review against another edition
4.0
Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Homophobia, Violence, and War
michael_richter's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Death and War
Moderate: Rape
growintogardens's review against another edition
2.5
Graphic: Death, Homophobia, Sexual content, Violence, and War
Moderate: Grief
mikeybjones's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and War
zackarinareads's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Racism, Xenophobia, Colonisation, and War