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cassettetaped's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Death of parent, Chronic illness, Cancer, and Terminal illness
Minor: Alcohol and Vomit
jiao_li's review against another edition
4.25
If you're Asian you probably ever heard that from your parents mouth. A simple memoir about mom. Beautifully written and so relatable.
Born as Asian-American, Zauner had a complicated relationship with her mother. They love each other but didn't know how to express it. They keep secrets from each other. I relate to that...
When mom get sick, our world fall. Things are messed up and we realize how mom works really hard to keep things in order.
This memoir somehow made me want to die before my mom. I don't think I can endure the grief and sadness of losing my mom.
Graphic: Chronic illness and Death of parent
bookishkale's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Terminal illness, Cancer, Medical content, Mental illness, Grief, Car accident, Death, Death of parent, Blood, Chronic illness, and Medical trauma
Moderate: Drug abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Drug use, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Mental illness
Minor: Abortion, Racism, and Bullying
sketchevarria's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Chronic illness
bookedwithbrie's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Cancer, Death, Terminal illness, Chronic illness, and Death of parent
Minor: Racism
kelly_e's review against another edition
3.0
Author: Michelle Zauner
Genre: Memoir
Rating: 3.0
Pub Date: April 21, 2021
T H R E E • W O R D S
Raw • Illuminating • Surface-level
📖 S Y N O P S I S
Crying in H Mart is a memoir about growing up, caregiving, death, grief and identity from Michelle Zauner.
She details growing up as one of the few Korean American kids at her school; of struggling with her mother's high expectations; of time spent with her mother's family in Seoul; of caring for her mother through the end of life; of death and grief; and of reconnecting with her identity.
💭 T H O U G H T S
Sometimes the hype can have an adverse effect on my reading experience, and that was certainly the case with Crying in H Mart. I went in expecting a life-alternating and moving memoir dealing with death and grief, yet I didn't get the emotional depth I'd anticipated.
That's not to say this wasn't an incredibly personal and healing journey for the author, which I imagine it was. It felt like a story which needed to be written, yet not necessarily read. The writing was accessible, and Michelle details an intimate look into the daily routine of caregiving for someone at the end of life. It's always interesting to read about how people discover their culture, especially in grief. And food does play a role throughout, however, I'd expected there to be more of how food is a source of human connection through the good and the bad. I just wanted more depth and emotion.
Crying in H Mart is a beautiful exploration of mother/daughter relationships and an open dialogue on dying and grief, it just wasn't the all encompassing sensory experience I'd been wanting or needing.
📚 R E C O M M E N D • T O
• readers looking for a mother/daughter memoir
• grievers
🔖 F A V O U R I T E • Q U O T E S
"It felt like the world had divided into two different types of people, those who had felt pain and those who had yet to."
"Food was an unspoken language between us, had come to symbolize our return to each other, our bonding, our common ground."
Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Grief, Terminal illness, Emotional abuse, Cancer, and Medical content
Moderate: Vomit, Medical trauma, Addiction, Drug use, Racism, Chronic illness, Alcohol, Drug abuse, and Alcoholism
Minor: Abortion, Car accident, Infidelity, and Suicidal thoughts
the_last_bookshelf's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Cancer, Grief, Chronic illness, Death of parent, and Death
miggyfool's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Addiction, Animal death, Body horror, Cancer, Car accident, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Grief, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit
Moderate: Abortion and Emotional abuse
kcelena's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Blood, Racial slurs, Car accident, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death of parent, Drug use, Alcohol, Cancer, Death, Racism, Terminal illness, Grief, Infidelity, and Medical content
Moderate: Abortion
lauren176's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Death of parent, Terminal illness, Chronic illness, and Cancer