Reviews tagging 'Racism'

Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner

167 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

aishallnot's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer and Death of parent

Moderate: Eating disorder and Racism

Minor: Abortion

owenwilsonbaby's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

“Her art was the love that beat on in her loved ones, a contribution to the world that could be just as monumental as a song or a book. There could not be one without the other.”

A beautiful piece of creative non-fiction, memoir and food writing; I really loved this. The section just before and after her bereavement made me cry in public. Zauner is such a talented writer and I can’t wait to both listen to more of her music and see what prose she writes next.

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Content Warnings

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

missrosymaplemoth's review against another edition

4.5

Beautiful and heartbreaking especially for those of us with complicated maternal relationships.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Death of parent, and Cancer

Moderate: Racism, Car accident, and Abortion

kibbles15's review against another edition

emotional sad slow-paced

3.0

This is a well written memoir that will definitely make you cry.  I actually listened to the audiobook. Unfortunately, I don't feel the narration expressed the emotions that were intended by the author.  It actually came across a bit monotone.  As a result, while I thought the memoir was good, it moved very slow for me. I would actually suggest reading book over listening to it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer and Death of parent

Minor: Abortion, Racism, and Cursing

bothsidespsych's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Cancer

Moderate: Racism

Minor: Mental illness and Vomit

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.

auteaandtales's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Body shaming, Medical trauma, Medical content, Grief, Cancer, and Eating disorder

aliterarynightmare's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness and Cancer

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Racism