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lisa12's review against another edition
1.5
Graphic: Death of parent
Moderate: Animal death and Animal cruelty
mikaylawood's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Medical trauma, Death of parent, Grief, Medical content, Cancer, and Death
Moderate: Vomit
Minor: Blood, Excrement, and Animal death
spellygirl's review against another edition
3.0
The audiobook was decently read, though I sped it up to 1.2, which I doesn't typically do. If you're into the topic and don't mind a lot of food descriptions, I would recommend giving it a try. I felt I learned more about Korean culture, and having issues communicating in your origin country. And of course the cancer journey and stuff, but I knew more about that to begin with. Overall I would probably have liked it better if it wasn't so hyped up and increased my expectations so much.
Graphic: Alcohol, Death, Cancer, Death of parent, Grief, and Terminal illness
Minor: Infidelity, Abortion, Alcoholism, Car accident, Animal cruelty, Alcohol, and Animal death
kingsteph's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Cancer and Death
Moderate: Death of parent and Toxic relationship
Minor: Rape, Child abuse, and Animal death
iszys's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Death of parent, Cancer, Death, and Animal death
ashley_turch's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Grief, Cancer, Child abuse, Death of parent, Medical content, Death, and Vomit
Moderate: Excrement, Abortion, Alcoholism, Car accident, and Racism
Minor: Animal death
Very heavy and graphic descriptions of parental terminal illness and death. Only animal death is a short description of a squirrel dyingroseltov's review against another edition
4.75
On a practical level, as a vegetarian, it was hard to listen to all the seafood descriptions - of which there are a lot. But they are totally integral to the book, and there’s no way it would have been as real without them.
Graphic: Animal death, Death of parent, and Death
Minor: Abortion
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
rieviolet's review against another edition
5.0
I loved the way food was a focal point throughout the narration, how its connection with one's cultural heritage was so strongly and beautifully illustrated. It really prompted me to reflect on the food I've grown up with and its significance for my own selfhood.
The linguist in me also really appreciated the lovely reflections on language and on a mother tongue.
The writing style was just *chef's kiss*. There were so many passages that I kept re-reading thinking to myself "How could she manage to capture this feeling with such poignant words and turn of phrases?", I was just floored.
My mother had struggled to understand me just as I struggled to understand her. Thrown as we were on opposite sides of a fault line - generational, cultural, linguistic - we wandered lost without a reference point, each of us unintelligible to the other's expectations, until these past few years when we had just begun to unlock the mystery, carve the psychic space to accommodate each other, appreciate the differences between us, linger in our refracted commonalities. Then, what would have been the most fruitful years of understanding were cut violently short, and I was left alone to decipher the secrets of inheritance without its key.
Graphic: Cancer, Death of parent, Medical content, Grief, and Suicidal thoughts
Moderate: Violence, Alcoholism, Car accident, Racism, Child abuse, Death, Physical abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Excrement, Animal death, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, and Vomit
Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Drug use, Addiction, Abortion, and Rape
seanajk's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Death of parent, Car accident, Death, Medical content, Cancer, and Suicidal thoughts
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, and Excrement
Minor: Emotional abuse, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Abortion