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e_reader's review against another edition
5.0
She also skillfully wove a story of her and her mother’s lives. There were many many time jumps explaining past events, and never once was I confused about when we were.
Graphic: Cancer, Addiction, Death of parent, Grief, Terminal illness, Medical content, Vomit, Mental illness, Death, Excrement, and Medical trauma
Minor: Infidelity and Abortion
alyx's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Death of parent, Vomit, Body horror, Chronic illness, Grief, Medical trauma, Excrement, Cancer, Blood, Cursing, Medical content, and Terminal illness
Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Car accident, Drug use, and Mental illness
Minor: Racism, Emotional abuse, Car accident, and Abortion
ekmook's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Cancer, Medical content, Medical trauma, Racism, Terminal illness, Chronic illness, Car accident, Death, Death of parent, and Grief
Minor: Addiction, Excrement, Infidelity, Alcoholism, Bullying, Drug abuse, Drug use, Abortion, and Alcohol
sadiedumplingreads's review against another edition
2.5
Graphic: Cancer, Vomit, Excrement, and Grief
Minor: Xenophobia
carbs666's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Car accident, Cancer, Death, Excrement, Death of parent, Grief, Terminal illness, and Vomit
seanajk's review against another edition
4.25
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
ajoyr's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Death of parent, Death, Terminal illness, and Grief
Minor: Abortion, Addiction, Body shaming, Drug abuse, Drug use, Excrement, Fatphobia, and Suicidal thoughts
mals_library's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Cancer, Death, Death of parent, Excrement, Grief, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Terminal illness
Moderate: Car accident and Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Abortion, Addiction, Alcoholism, Infidelity, and Injury/Injury detail
unoriginalinspiration's review against another edition
5.0
“It felt like the world had divided into two different types of people, those who had felt pain and those who had yet to.”
“Hers was tougher than tough love. It was brutal, industrial-strength. A sinewy love that never gave way to an inch of weakness. It was a love that saw what was best for you ten steps ahead, and didn't care if it hurt like hell in the meantime."
Review:
This book, has got to be one of the best memoirs I've read. It has got so many beautiful, raw, powerful, emotional, heartfelt and devastating moments all wrapped up into a single package. In this exquisite story of grief, family, food, love and endurance, Michelle Zauner tells her story about growing up as a Korean-American, portraying a strained, but beautiful relationship between herself and her mother, expressed through the delicate art of food.
The Japanese Rockstar talks about the nuances of growing up mixed-race, and her time in Seoul, focusing on the details of Korean food, and how that has helped her in ways not comprehendible.
This is something I would recommend to someone who enjoys reading memoirs and basking in cultures and emotions they might be unfamiliar with.
You will cry when she cries, eat when she eats, cook when she cooks, laugh when she laughs. Need I say more!?
Graphic: Death of parent, Death, Cancer, Chronic illness, Grief, Abortion, and Terminal illness
Moderate: Excrement and Addiction
ivana's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Cancer, Car accident, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Excrement, Grief, Vomit, Terminal illness, and Medical content
Moderate: Alcohol and Alcoholism
Minor: Abortion and Infidelity