Reviews tagging 'Cancer'

Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner

1348 reviews

archaicrobin's review

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

Zauner’s memoir touches on her music career and the beginnings of Japanese Breakfast but the main focus is on the loss of her mother to cancer. 

Zauner does not shy away from the difficult story of her mother’s decline and being the first line of defense and support as the cancer slowly takes her mother away. This memoir is phenomenal, heart wrenching, and beautiful. It was difficult to read at times from how bleak it is at moments, but Zauner’s prose and focus on moving on despite her loss is inspiring. I have been a fan of Japanese Breakfast for years but I am not also a dedicated fan to her as an author as well. Highly recommend reading and listing to Michell Zauner’s works!

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Content Warnings

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

mariball's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

kymaera's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.5

Absolutely beautiful and heart wrenching. Michelle Zauner's voice, one that has heretofore been known via her musical presence as Japanese Breakfast, is incredibly powerful and compelling throughout this memoir. She speaks with the gentle reflection of someone who has reckoned with her past and now can walk side by side with it. A must read. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Medical content and Cursing

ieotter13's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

what a gorgeous book, words flowing from story to story, a deeply personal insight into michelle’s life and journey through grief. 

the haverford and bryn mawr references towards the beginning were pretty cool to know — 100% a must read for bico students 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Body shaming, Vomit, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Drug use, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Car accident, and Blood

Minor: Child abuse and Abortion

mikaylawood's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Vomit

Minor: Blood, Excrement, and Animal death

lorepanda's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Cancer, and Death of parent

Moderate: Alcoholism

Minor: Addiction, Abortion, and Infidelity

cosmikat's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer and Death of parent

afay0802's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Cancer, and Death

Minor: Alcoholism and Addiction

katiearcher's review against another edition

inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

Crying in H Mart will make you want to hug your mom! The story is so sad but very well written. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Terminal illness, and Death of parent

frecklebrows's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Cancer