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Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner

90 reviews

wickedgrumpy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

2.5

I don't even really know what to say, but I will try to put something about the reading experience into words.

It was alright.  I teared up a few times.  The descriptions of food were verbose and evocative, sometimes excessively so.  I love Maangchi.

This is a story of grief and mourning, of finding your identity and how it changes as you grow, relationships and connections.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cancer, Death of parent, Grief, Medical content, Medical trauma, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Alcohol, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Death, Excrement, and Fatphobia

Minor: Abortion, Body shaming, Drug use, Addiction, Suicidal thoughts, Bullying, Car accident, Confinement, Cultural appropriation, Eating disorder, Religious bigotry, Emotional abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, and Sexism

mirandyli's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

Crying in Hmart has got me crying in Hmart. If you are a second gen East Asian immigrant, this book will make you cry. It was so painfully relatable and will make you want to hug your mom, no matter how much you hate her. Book of the year.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Excrement, Abortion, Drug use, Medical content, Misogyny, Cancer, Colonisation, Death, Drug abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, Addiction, Car accident, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Grief, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Infidelity, and Racism

jlferrazzo27's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

4.75

4.75 Stars — wonderfully written and beautifully captures grief, loss, and complicated relationships. Truly enjoyed!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Death of parent

Moderate: Cancer

Minor: Drug abuse, Addiction, Drug use, and Abortion

httponyo's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

 The world is divided into those who have felt pain and those who have not. Michelle and I fit into the former,  so I supposed that's why I had to put my phone done a few times to brawl my eyes out. Losing a parent is stressful,  it's hard and it breaks you and forces you to rebuild yourself into a person they will at least semi recognize. 

 At one point I wasn't quite sure if I could finish this book , it hurt to remember my own pain , but it was cathartic to read and I glad I didn't give up. 

  This is a beautiful book. Mrs. Zauner , I hope you find more and more happiness in H Mart. 

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Terminal illness, and Death of parent

Moderate: Alcohol and Car accident

Minor: Drug abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Drug use, and Infidelity

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

anielabooks's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.25

I wan’t expecting to like this book as much as I did. Very touching memoir about the author struggling to figure out her identity as a mixed race person and connecting with her mother’s heritage after her death. The audiobook was narrated by the author herself, and I really appreciated the help to pronounce some of the dish names and Korean words.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Racism, Car accident, and Xenophobia

Minor: Alcohol, Violence, Drug use, Abortion, Excrement, Physical abuse, and Pregnancy

elledanie's review against another edition

emotional sad slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death of parent, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Medical content

Minor: Drug use and Vomit

encryptedorchardpest's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Death of parent, Medical content, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Vomit, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Drug use, Drug abuse, Death, and Chronic illness

Minor: Toxic relationship, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, Racism, and Abortion

taroroot's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

loved the descriptions of food and how that reminded her of her mother

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Blood, and Drug use

Minor: Emotional abuse

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