Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner

379 reviews

kaylaswhitmore's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

I may just be biased, since I am also a Korean-American woman who grew up in Eugene, Oregon…but this memoir is certainly a gift to all who read it, and especially children of Asian immigrants. Words can’t quite describe the bizarre, surreal experience I had reading Michelle’s recollections. In between reeling emotionally from the similarities between her mother and my own, I would find myself blinking as familiar staples of my Eugene hometown popped up on every other page. Though my childhood and relationship to my mother is still quite different from Michelle’s, there were still so many things that struck me as familiar—like a funhouse mirror. Her use of emotion to paint such vivid pictures of the intangible truly drew me in and held me from the very first chapter. Someday, when the ache of her loss and the fear of losing my own mother fades, I will return to this book and reread it anew. For now, I’ll sit here in silence for a bit and cry lol.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Fatphobia, Grief, Terminal illness, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Medical trauma, Medical content, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Cursing, Car accident, Infidelity, and Body shaming

Minor: Vomit

rachelhass's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

yeehawrobbins's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

mcnoble's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Deeply reflective and wholeheartedly authentic, Michelle Zauner’s writing whisks you away to her own memories with perfect descriptions. Crying in H Mart was on my “to read” list for a long time and it was worth saving. Her rawness and attention to detail make you want to cry, smile, and find the nearest banchan to enjoy. 

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Abortion, Alcoholism, and Car accident

clarelou07's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad slow-paced

3.0

Well-written reflection of grief and the complicated scales of maternal relationships. While reading, I felt myself pulling threads of my own maternal relationship to consider alongside Zauner. 

Content warning: this is an in depth book covering someone's cancer journey, and the effects on a family. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Car accident, Abortion, Alcoholism, Cancer, Alcohol, Death, Grief, and Medical content

binkramos's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Abortion, Car accident, and Suicidal thoughts

micaelacccc's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Terminal illness, and Grief

Moderate: Racism and Medical content

marccolgan91's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

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

tattedtrashreader's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

I love this book and how the author talks about how complicated parental relationships can be. I appreciated her perspective and found myself crying at one point. The writing flows nicely and the talk about dealing with grief and how she reconnected with her family and Korean identity is really beautiful. Truly a stellar book. I have nothing negative to say about it. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Alcohol, Violence, Car accident, and Terminal illness

biab00's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

This book is beautifully written, can't explain the feelings I have for it so here's one of my favorite quotes:

Sometimes my grief feels as thought I've been left alone in a room with no doors. Every time I remember that my mother is dead, it feels like I'm colliding with a wall that won't give. There's no escape, just a hard surface that I keep ramming into over and over, a reminder of the immutable reality that I will never see her again.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Chronic illness, Medical content, Death of parent, Grief, Death, Terminal illness, and Panic attacks/disorders