On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

I'm not sure what I'm missing that everyone else seems to love about this book. Yes, Vuong's writing is unbelievably beautiful. I listened to the audio, in which he narrates it himself, and I was glad to hear the cadence of the prose the way he intended it to be. However, many times it felt almost poetic to a point where it was a detriment to what narrative there was. It was also quite disjointed; if I found myself zoning out while listening even for a moment, I was completely lost and felt myself missing story threads.

The most evocative moments, and likely the ones that I will remember, are the ones related to Little Dog's work on the tobacco farm and his relationship with Trevor.