Reviews tagging 'Infidelity'

Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner

113 reviews

lizziaha's review against another edition

4.25

do not read this book hungry. the way dauber describes food had me literally salivating. tucked between scenes of love and strife and grief with her mother, the food was the real star of the show for me, and I was impressed by this clear through line that lingers in every inclusion to this book.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Addiction

Minor: Infidelity, Abortion, and Car accident

nursebecks's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Infidelity, and Cancer

Minor: Abortion

takarakei's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

4.5

A deeply personal memoir about mother/daughter relationships, and being an Asian American balancing two cultures. Michelle's relationship with her mother (and father) is very complicated. Much of the book deals with her mother's battle with cancer (check full TW!). Those of Asian and particularly Korean heritage will find many cultural comforts, especially when it comes to Korean food descriptions. The art teacher passage/letter wrecked me. Being a fan of Japanese Breakfast, I never knew their first album was a picture of Michelle's mom and that she wrote some of the songs for her.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Mental illness and Excrement

Minor: Addiction, Racism, Alcoholism, Abortion, Infidelity, and Car accident

This book focuses very heavily on Michelle's mother's battle with cancer, and the struggle of caretaking through terminal illness. Michelle has a sometimes contentious relationship with both her parents. Her father deals with substance abuse issues.

ava_ba's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

Nami and Peter deserve everything, Kye is going straight to hell

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Medical content, Medical trauma, Death, Chronic illness, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Car accident, and Pregnancy

Minor: Abortion, Xenophobia, Alcoholism, Excrement, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Infidelity

danielleeejames's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Terminal illness, Death of parent, Vomit, and Medical content

lucykateburns's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Xenophobia and Infidelity

samarshall's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Car accident, Medical content, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Terminal illness, Grief, Body horror, and Death

Moderate: Alcohol, Vomit, Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, Drug use, and Addiction

Minor: Infidelity

literaryinluv's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

4.75

Listened to the first 30% of this while pulling strands of my mom's hair through a highlighting hair-net and joked that there should be a Filipino-"Crying in Seafood City"-version. Then cried a few days later while washing the dishes because of the wedding scene. A relatable delight. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, and Mental illness

Minor: Abortion, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Addiction, Car accident, and Infidelity

leahb88's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

Wow so good. Covers a complicated mother-daughter relationship, loss and grief, Korean-American identity, connection to food and culture. Read this with Psychopomp in the background and lots of tears and UGH. Kind of slow at the end, but it kind of felt like dragging through grief, kind of mimicking her own experience maybe? I don’t know if enjoyed is the right word, but I highly loved reading this.

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Infidelity and Animal cruelty

graceexe's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

picked up this book in search of guidance with my own grief. cried a lot. 5/5 would do it again 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Cancer, and Death of parent

Moderate: Vomit and Medical content

Minor: Car accident, Infidelity, Racism, and Xenophobia