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Aug 28, 2022
Bucket
rated it
it was amazing
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An intense and beautiful read. It's overtly political, dramatic and poetic. It reminded me of spoken word, with every feeling heightened and every emotional height and depth wrung from each scene.
It's a hard one to rate, because it's not entirely my sort of thing. A little too in-your-face and it flirted with melodrama without ever becoming melodrama. But it achieves everything it set out to do - it's perfectly executed, even if it's not fully for me.
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"The children, the veal, they stand ve ...more
It's a hard one to rate, because it's not entirely my sort of thing. A little too in-your-face and it flirted with melodrama without ever becoming melodrama. But it achieves everything it set out to do - it's perfectly executed, even if it's not fully for me.
Quotes:
"The children, the veal, they stand ve ...more
Unsettling and hard but also gorgeous. So many people shiny with greatness but jagged with flaws; loving and violent, innocent and addicted, passionate and wrong. Vuong conveys the beauty and horror of his emotional journey with flowing images and sharp details.
Jul 04, 2019
Rachel
marked it as to-read
Aug 14, 2019
Carrie
marked it as to-read
Nov 05, 2019
Teddie
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Apr 20, 2021
ilovebakedgoods (Teresa)
marked it as to-read
Aug 01, 2021
Juliana Philippa
marked it as to-read
