Reviews tagging 'Cancer'

Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner

1440 reviews

jessi_c's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

I went into this with the full intention of not knowing anything about the premise or the author. And what an absolute joy and privilege to get to know this small family. A galaxy made from violence, gravity, and time. And the world receives every form of art that has grown from this grief in grand abundance. I will happily help to carry the weight and celebrate her life. I see her mother in my mother.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer and Death of parent

Moderate: Mental illness, Medical content, and Grief

Minor: Alcoholism, Body shaming, and Drug abuse

laurenlsmith's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Terminal illness, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Death and Medical content

Minor: Body shaming

mondayn's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cancer, Death, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Medical content, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Domestic abuse

Minor: Alcoholism, Xenophobia, and Alcohol

There is intimate, horrified handling of a dead body

You will get several Korean recipes lodged into prose

globgr's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Grief, and Death of parent

alexashabit's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer

Moderate: Emotional abuse

emmabjones's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

Oh wow. I loved this very much. Not usually a fan of audiobooks but it was told beautifully and I wouldn’t have had it any other way. Seriously you should go listen to it on Spotify. I loved this book very much. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Abortion

psellars11's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

5.0

An incredibly poignant memoir, I chose to read this as an audiobook which was narrated by the author herself. It made the book more personal and enjoyable for me. Do not read this if you are triggered by death, cancer, graphic descriptions of grief, and or medical emergencies. I am pretty sensitive to that stuff, but I pushed through and it was worth it.

I didn’t realize Michelle Zauner had written this book - it was always on my list because I am part white and Asian and I thought the discussions of Asian culture and family relationships would be interesting to me. It definitely was, and it really highlights the trauma evident in many Asian households and the rigid relationships parents and children have, especially dealing with their lives in America. Zauner writes so eloquently, touching on many trying and traumatic aspects of growing up biracial in America, from having few friends, to rebelling against Asian culture, to wistfully regretting that rebellion as an adult, and trying to reclaim and recapture that identity again later on. The loss of connection to your Asian family, the desire to be conventionally beautiful in either white or Asian culture, and so on. Additionally, the importance of food is woven throughout, as it’s emblematic of Korean culture and her relationship with her mother.

This book will make you cry. I cried at least 4-5 times when the grief was discussed and her mother’s death. I knew it was inevitable but it still hurt me nonetheless. It was incredibly cathartic and if you are in the right headspace- this is an incredible, touching read. It ended on a positive note highlighting Zauner’s relationship with Peter and their success in their band, Japanese Breakfast. I loved the homage to her mother with the cover of the album too. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Chronic illness, Death, Racism, Terminal illness, and Car accident

hanandcheese's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny inspiring reflective relaxing slow-paced

4.25

i loved the way michelle focused so much of her relationship with her mom on food they shared and how it healed her after her mom’s death 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer

amkleintje's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Terminal illness, and Death of parent

kirstym25's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Alcoholism and Car accident