Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

Night Sky with Exit Wounds by Ocean Vuong

15 reviews

thalia16's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Colonisation, and War

idesofmarch's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, and War

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Sexual violence, and Violence

Minor: Drug abuse, Racial slurs, and Racism

joanna_banana's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

I’ve read On Earth We Are Briefly Gorgeous and very much enjoyed it. To find the poem with that title in this collection was a surprise! Ocean Vuong illustrates all five senses in your head as you read, ways of seeing or feeling something I’ve never encountered before. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Sexual content, Grief, Death of parent, and War

firmino_g's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and War

soswiin's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

2.0

i'm sure these are beautiful poems but i just couldn't understand 95% of them. i understood the themes behind this collection but i couldn't apply them to the words on the page all that well

ok but "the most beautiful part of your body is where it’s headed. & remember, loneliness is still time spent with the world" and "maybe we pray on our knees because god only listens when we're this close to the devil."? COME ON

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Grief, and War

brianareads's review against another edition

emotional reflective relaxing slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Domestic abuse

gabriella_'s review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

3.25

I think the poetry was well-written but some of the topic matter wasn’t really for me. I went in thinking this was more of a series of poems tying into family struggles and grief but I found a lot of it lewd and about other things. That’s fine but just not what I expected.

I wish I read this after On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous instead

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Violence, Grief, Alcohol, and War

melodyseestrees's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, and War

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Violence, and Fire/Fire injury

bchallis's review against another edition

hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, and War

kia_y_k's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, and War