Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner

72 reviews

ladymirtazapine's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death of parent, Medical content, Mental illness, and Grief

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Domestic abuse

aseel_reads's review against another edition

reflective medium-paced

4.0

i really enjoyed this, i loved how food was the main language Michelle and her mum connected and conversed in. it was a bit confusing at the beginning of the book, with the weaving of different time points and themes, but after a while, with background information, it became super easy to read. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cancer, Death of parent, Medical content, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Car accident, Abortion, Drug use, Vomit, and Racism

anonreadana's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Medical trauma, and Suicidal thoughts

seanajk's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Car accident, Death, Medical content, Cancer, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, and Excrement

Minor: Emotional abuse, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Abortion

peppers_books's review against another edition

5.0

wow  that shit hurted

anyways,,
one thing i noticed is that it felt like she jumped around different periods of her life for no rhyme or reason and would drop random information on us unexpectedly. like it's present day, then we're back ten years, oh and btw they have a family dog! it might not seem important but it made the experience seem disjointed and broke up the flow of the book. the biggest thing though was when she just dropped a relatively detailed description of her fathers abusive childhood? i didn't understand the purpose and it was honestly kind of shocking to just be like bam! terrible thing that doesn't expand on what is currently being talked about. okay moving on.

at that point i almost considered dnfing but i decided to keep going because i've heard such good things. i'm glad i kept going because the rest was so heart wrenching, real, and raw that for a moment i held a part of her grief. as a reader, i felt honored to be trusted with such a vulnerable part of her life. her thoughts and emotions felt so genuine and open, like nothing was sugar coated, even if the truth was ugly. i really admired that and it made me realize that this is a memoir and michelle zauner is not an author day to day. the point of the book isn't to have spectacular writing and structure! i got what i needed out of the reading experience and that was all that mattered.

i am korean as well and that is such a big part of her identity, so this book is special to me in its own way. i could connect with and see my own experience reflected back which made it more impactful.

i will say, a huge huge warning for death of a parent due to cancer. as i mentioned, nothing felt sugar coated so all the ugly realities of illness and grief and anger are there in plain sight.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Fatphobia

Minor: Child abuse

basicbookstagrammer's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death of parent, and Grief

Minor: Abortion, Car accident, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Terminal illness, and Vomit

spookily's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Chronic illness, Terminal illness, Death, Death of parent, Grief, and Medical content

Moderate: Abortion and Emotional abuse

Minor: Addiction, Misogyny, Racism, Vomit, and Drug abuse

christinanglf's review against another edition

hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Death, and Emotional abuse

kathleentcarroll's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Medical trauma, and Mental illness

annuich's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Cancer, Car accident, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Medical content, Mental illness, Racism, and Terminal illness