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hilarylouise's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Cancer, Death of parent, and Death
Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug use, and Abortion
mheiling's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Cancer, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Medical content, and Terminal illness
Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Emotional abuse
Minor: Addiction, Body shaming, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Abortion, Toxic relationship, Car accident, and Panic attacks/disorders
ficteon's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Death, Cancer, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, and Terminal illness
Minor: Abortion, Alcohol, Drug use, and Car accident
elisalasater's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Death of parent and Death
Moderate: Alcoholism and Drug use
mikah_wazowski's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Body horror, Cancer, Death of parent, and Medical content
Moderate: Drug use, Car accident, and Religious bigotry
mariahlindz's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Grief, Medical content, Terminal illness, Cancer, and Death of parent
Moderate: Excrement and Vomit
Minor: Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Abortion, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Car accident, and Drug use
anger566's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Cancer, Death of parent, and Terminal illness
Moderate: Car accident and Alcoholism
Minor: Drug use
corriejn's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Cancer, Terminal illness, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Grief, and Medical content
Moderate: Alcohol, Excrement, Drug use, and Medical trauma
Minor: Infidelity, Vomit, and Racism
susannaobrien's review against another edition
5.0
Michelle Zauner reckons with losing her mother - Chongmi, a woman full of idiosyncrasies - just as their tense relationship starts to improve, which prompts her to think of all the ways her mother has shaped her and protected her, and how her mother provides a link to her Korean identity that she fears losing.
Zauner doesn't hold back from describing the realities of terminal cancer, and the weight that being a full time carer places on people, which was confronting but felt necessary and never gratuitous. The descriptions of food memories and various missions to learn new Korean dishes were vivid and felt almost meditative. And in her search to connect to other members of her Korean family through language and cultural barriers, trying to keep learning and remembering her mother, you could feel her grief, desperation but also faint hope.
Beautifully written, hit several nerves, absolutely recommended.
Graphic: Cancer and Death of parent
Moderate: Alcoholism
Minor: Drug use
kdenten's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Alcohol, Cancer, Death, Death of parent, Grief, and Terminal illness
Minor: Abortion, Car accident, Drug use, Medical content, Pregnancy, and Suicidal thoughts