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readingpicnic's review against another edition
3.0
My favorite lines: “Do you know how many hours I’ve wasted watching straight boys play video games? Enough.” Highly relatable.
Graphic: Grief
Moderate: Cancer, Death, Terminal illness, Violence, Death of parent, and War
idesofmarch's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Grief and Death of parent
Moderate: Racism and Sexual content
Minor: War
draven_deathcrush's review
5.0
Graphic: Death of parent and War
Moderate: Cancer and Racism
Minor: Homophobia and Car accident
ckingcolorado's review
4.0
Moderate: Cancer, Death, Racism, Car accident, and War
Minor: Sexual content
emotionalbabe's review
5.0
Graphic: Death, Death of parent, and War
Moderate: Gun violence
alsoapples's review
5.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, Terminal illness, Grief, Death of parent, Colonisation, and War
butlerebecca's review against another edition
4.5
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
Graphic: Cancer, Death, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Death of parent, and War
meremeth's review
5.0
Graphic: Death of parent and War
Moderate: Addiction
Minor: Suicide
nineinchnails's review
3.5
'Künstlerroman' was my favourite here. if i'm remembering correctly it was the longest poem, which might be why i managed to connect to it more. it was gutting and felt very raw. a shorter poem i really enjoyed was 'Amazon History of a Former Nail Salon Worker'. i don't think i've ever had a list poem make me tear up like that. vuong is no doubt a talented poet but i think the formatting and structure of most of these poems just didn't work for me - that's not to say that they'll never work for me, but as it stands i don't read much poetry so i much preferred the longer poems in this collection.
Graphic: Death, Grief, and Death of parent
Moderate: Cancer, Racism, Terminal illness, Car accident, and War
Minor: Suicide and Police brutality
softgalaxy's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Death, Grief, and Death of parent
Moderate: Hate crime, Homophobia, Violence, Xenophobia, and War