Time is a Mother by Ocean VuongMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
Like Vuong's earlier works, Time is a Mother is eloquent and flows beautifully. There are haunting words and ideas, phrases that will stick with you in dreams long after you have closed the book. I read and re-read parts that felt painfully real.
Yet, despite the beauty, the core of the book feels weaker than the ones before it. It feels less cohesive, pulls its punches a little more. It is good, but as an Ocean Vuong book it is disappointing.
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