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Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner

91 reviews

hilarylouise's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death of parent, and Death

Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug use, and Abortion

mheiling's review against another edition

emotional funny sad fast-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

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

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Death

Moderate: Alcoholism and Drug use

mikah_wazowski's review against another edition

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cancer, Death of parent, and Medical content

Moderate: Drug use, Car accident, and Religious bigotry

mariahlindz's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

Well, for starters, ow. I don't know what else to say. If you've lost a loved one you will cry. If food is a love language for you like it is for so many, you will be inspired, but you will also cry. Lots of crying will be involved. Be nice to your fucking mom, dude.

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Content Warnings

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

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

Really good!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death of parent, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Car accident and Alcoholism

Minor: Drug use

corriejn's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

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

emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

Completely moving, obviously I cried multiple times. 

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.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer and Death of parent

Moderate: Alcoholism

Minor: Drug use

kdenten's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Alcohol, Cancer, Death, Death of parent, Grief, and Terminal illness

Minor: Abortion, Car accident, Drug use, Medical content, Pregnancy, and Suicidal thoughts