Reviews tagging 'Chronic illness'

Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner

111 reviews

brittbrittxo's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

4.0

So heartbreaking! It really slaps you in the face with how real and raw life truly can be sometimes. I couldn’t put the book down. It was like seeing a gruesome accident you couldn’t look away from. But Michelle’s voice in this was so great… it’s so descriptive and beautifully written. I knocked 1 star off because I didn’t love how she ended the book, but if you have the means to, I would grab the B&N exclusive edition to see extra pictures at the end. I also think if you don’t know a lot of Korean food or how the Korean language is pronounced, you might get caught up in that and it might take you out of the story a bit because she doesn’t always explain what every dish or translation is. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Cancer, and Death

_eleanorgreen8_'s review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

I absolutely loved this book, and was really interested to read it after hearing that it was written by the lead singer of Japanese Breakfast. I'd never read an autobiography before, and this book did not disappoint as it was so fascinating, engaging and honest. The way Michelle Zauner writes is so accessible and straightforward, but also extremely thoughtful and descriptive - I particularly loved her intensely detailed, mouthwatering descriptions of Korean food. She did also make me cry quite a lot with some of the heartbreaking accounts of her mother's illness, which goes to show how raw and emotional Zauner's writing is. Overall a deeply interesting and moving insight into the authors life; I would definitely like to read more autobiographical books from now on. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Cancer, and Chronic illness

Moderate: Grief and Child abuse

encryptedorchardpest's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Death of parent, Medical content, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Vomit, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Drug use, Drug abuse, Death, and Chronic illness

Minor: Toxic relationship, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, Racism, and Abortion

cady_sass's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective sad slow-paced

4.5

*drives to hmart to cry* 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Terminal illness, Alcoholism, Grief, Medical content, Medical trauma, Vomit, Death of parent, Cancer, Car accident, Domestic abuse, and Racism

oafro's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

Oh my heart ! 

This made me want to absorb absolutely everything of my mum so she is always with me. 

I will definitely read this again as I feel like I’ve missed so much on the first read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Chronic illness, and Death of parent

literaryinluv's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

4.75

Listened to the first 30% of this while pulling strands of my mom's hair through a highlighting hair-net and joked that there should be a Filipino-"Crying in Seafood City"-version. Then cried a few days later while washing the dishes because of the wedding scene. A relatable delight. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, and Mental illness

Minor: Abortion, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Addiction, Car accident, and Infidelity

macykey's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective fast-paced

5.0

I read this book in the span of 24 hours. It just, it touched me in a way that I think is special to people who have been caretakers to sick and dying people. This book is also a beautiful look at the relationships between mothers and daughters that I think transcend culture and ethnicity. I assume that I relate to this book a little more closely than a large majority of the people who’ll read it. I am whiter than snow, but I was still able to relate to so much of this story. I was one of the main  caretakers for my grandmother (Memaw) in the last years of her life. I’ve witnessed any number of things that nobody should have to see in multiple lifetimes. Like Michelle, a lot of my relationship with Memaw was based around food. Whether that was healthy or not is a separate issue, but that’s just the way it was. We ate dinner together every Thursday night for several years. She shared recipes with me and when she got too weak to bake on her own, I did a lot of the heavy lifting. And when she had to move into an assisted living facility, I made the food we made together on my own and brought it to her. I was a vegan for a long period of time, so I also managed to sneak some of my own vegan baking in there for her. I’m sure if I thought about it for a second, I could still make her heath pudding by heart. The only difference in mine and Michelle’s stories is that I was the only family that my Memaw had with her, so I made sure to get to know as much as I could about her while she was still alive. I read articles to her about Jimmy Carter, she loved Jimmy Carter. I helped her clean out her desk, which was a time capsule in and of itself, and found so many things that I was able to ask her about. It’s not a stretch of the imagination to say that Memaw was my person. She’s been gone since August and I miss her every single day. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Excrement, Xenophobia, Vomit, Alcohol, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Car accident, and Addiction

Minor: Abortion

takahapa's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

taulkstoomuch's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

Such a a beautiful book, this is a must read for everyone. I am definitely going to bother my friends and give them this as a recommendation. 

So beautifully written, and with such a nice interspersing of culture/food. I felt like I learnt a lot about Korean culture, and also about the loss of a loved one. I definitely shed a few tears, I can only imagine how the pain in real like is a thousand times worse than how it's written on paper. Thank you to Michelle Zauner for letting us experience this part of her journey with her.

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Abortion and Car accident

geguzytevilma's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer

Moderate: Chronic illness, Grief, and Death of parent