Reviews tagging 'Death'

Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner

707 reviews

_mininbooks_'s review

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Terminal illness, and Vomit

Minor: Abortion

cry1ng_eel's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

Wow, wow, wow!

To read this book in a day makes me feel like I did it a disservice, as if I really needed to take my time with it. And yet, I also could not put it down.

As an Asian-American myself (Filipino-Chinese), I have never felt so heard and seen from each experience that Zauner had so deeply described. From going down the grocery isle and reading the ingredients off of a packaging, or listening in to conversations in a language that I have yet to learn completely; her love for her mother is so deep and relatable, it made me miss my own mom even more so despite being in the same house as her.

Struggling with my Asian-American identity didn’t come to me until my late high school years, I was privileged to have been included in a community, and grew up around people who were Filipino. And despite, later on that I struggled with if I was Filipino enough? It was my mom who kept our culture alive, and gods did it make me appreciate the life my mother gave me even more so. I cry thinking about this book, and hope to return to it again and again.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Death of parent

Moderate: Infidelity, Xenophobia, and Medical trauma

melissasherlock87's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Grief, and Death of parent

alliyyamo's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

I'm not crying, you are... Beautifully  and intimately written. I have to go call my mum now.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Alcohol

Minor: Abortion

catrocketship's review against another edition

I don’t think I can keep reading in beautiful detail the ravages of cancer on a body. 

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Content Warnings

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

phrogen's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective relaxing sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Fatphobia and Xenophobia

ezplonk's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

crying not just in h-mart but wherever i happened to be while reading

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Alcohol

Minor: Infidelity, Car accident, and Abortion

morganniemarie's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Terminal illness, and Vomit

kait51db's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Death of parent

Moderate: Alcoholism

edamamebean's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad

5.0

I’m so glad I finally picked this book up. Michelle Zauner tells her story in such a beautifully simple and frank way and then suddenly drops in a detail that guts you. I’m not sure it’s possible to read this book without getting emotional. The audiobook is read by the author and added to the emotional impact of the story as well. A tough read, but worth it. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Addiction, Infidelity, Abortion, and Alcohol