Reviews tagging 'Chronic illness'

Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner

114 reviews

frogspawn's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Moderate: Chronic illness and Medical content

Minor: Abortion

mfiegel's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Chronic illness, and Death of parent

unoriginalinspiration's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

 “For the rest of my life there would be a splinter in my being, stinging from the moment my mother died until it was buried with me.”

“It felt like the world had divided into two different types of people, those who had felt pain and those who had yet to.”

“Hers was tougher than tough love. It was brutal, industrial-strength. A sinewy love that never gave way to an inch of weakness. It was a love that saw what was best for you ten steps ahead, and didn't care if it hurt like hell in the meantime."

 

Trigger Warnings: Terminal illness, Death of a parent, Grief, Death, Addiction

Review:
This book, has got to be one of the best memoirs I've read. It has got so many beautiful, raw, powerful, emotional, heartfelt and devastating moments all wrapped up into a single package. In this exquisite story of grief, family, food, love and endurance, Michelle Zauner tells her story about growing up as a Korean-American, portraying a strained, but beautiful relationship between herself and her mother, expressed through the delicate art of food.
The Japanese Rockstar talks about the nuances of growing up mixed-race, and her time in Seoul, focusing on the details of Korean food, and how that has helped her in ways not comprehendible.
This is something I would recommend to someone who enjoys reading memoirs and basking in cultures and emotions they might be unfamiliar with.
You will cry when she cries, eat when she eats, cook when she cooks, laugh when she laughs. Need I say more!?

 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Addiction and Excrement

spookily's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Abortion

Minor: Addiction, Drug abuse, Misogyny, Racism, and Vomit

sarbeareats's review against another edition

emotional sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness

miaaa_lenaaa's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative reflective sad slow-paced

4.75

‘You know what I realised? I’ve just never met someone like you.’

This was sad, beautiful, reflective and heartbreaking and made me rly hungry

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Cancer, Chronic illness, Terminal illness, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Alcohol

farncc's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

i cried way too much don’t read if you’re uncomfortable thinking about cancer in a serious matter (i didn’t realize i am before this book) 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cursing, and Alcohol

Minor: Body shaming, Bullying, and Vomit

annuich's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Racism, Terminal illness, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, and Alcohol

teora's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness and Death of parent

samdolan's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad slow-paced

This book made me want to hug my mom and eat Korean food. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, and Terminal illness