Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner

61 reviews

seregelda's review

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

3.0

CW: cancer, child abuse, assault, r*pe mention

I'm not familiar with the author's music, so that didn't influence me at all. It was sad and makes me want to cherish my mom, a cancer survivor, all the more! Wish I could relate to all the food stories, but I still have yet to try kimchi (my sister thinks it will be too spicy for me).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death of parent, Child abuse, and Death

Moderate: Infidelity, Medical content, and Terminal illness

Minor: Rape

franksfiction's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

 

 * This is my opinion; I encourage readers to read anything they want. * 

I truly don’t know how to rate this book. It’s a weird feeling, anyway, writing a review on someone writing about their own life. I’ve heard many good things about “Crying in H Mart” that I wanted to read myself. 

I enjoyed the writing style. I saw some reviewers say it wasn’t written well, but I thought the personalness and vulnerability Zauner’s writing has to offer were great. If you have lost your mother, this will be a challenging and potentially triggering book to read. The biggest issue I have with rating this book is Michelle’s mother. In my opinion, she’s awful and downright abusive. Any of my Korean friends I’ve made, though, their mothers have treated their children similarly (but not to the point that Michelle’s mother gets to). 

I read some reviews saying that this book felt more like a therapy exercise for Zauner, a cathartic experience not meant for millions of people to read, and I agree. I also don’t know what to say about the course the book decides to take. I don’t know what it is, but it feels wrong to rate this book, and I hope Michelle Zauner is doing amazing. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Cancer, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, and Death

leahroyelle's review

medium-paced

3.0

It felt like the author wrote this book too soon. Reading it, it seemed pretty clear that she still has a lot of processing to do. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Child abuse

laura227_'s review

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Cancer, Child abuse, and Death of parent

limaol's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Minor: Child abuse

eleek0609's review

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Death

Moderate: Child abuse and Emotional abuse

Minor: Abortion

theseniorswiftie's review

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Abortion, Emotional abuse, Cancer, Death of parent, and Alcoholism

aleyajo's review

challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

She talks about food a lot and it all sounded so delicious and made me soooo hungry. Eloquently balanced the complicated relationship with her mother with the love they had for each other. Beautifully written. Reminded me of leg but more poetic. A lovely memorial of her mother, their relationship, and their culture.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Car accident, Racism, Mental illness, Child abuse, Medical content, and Medical trauma

cookieclutter's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

100% recommend the audiobook, as narrated by the author. I prefer reading memoirs this way especially if the author is the narrator as it adds a personal touch to the reading experience. It also helps with hearing how words are pronounced.

Zauner beautifully explores the mother-daughter relationship through the lens of a multiethnic family. As a second-gen immigrant & person of mixed ethnicity, I found myself relating a lot to Zauner, especially in the last two chapters. The emphasis on food served so much more to the story than just a way to make readers hungry. I often found myself craving the foods described while also experiencing the emotions felt by the author in each chapter. If you're searching for a food memoir with a bit of everything, consider checking out "Crying in H-Mart".

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, and Cancer

Moderate: Medical content

Minor: Alcohol, Abortion, Addiction, Racial slurs, Racism, Alcoholism, and Child abuse

livruther's review against another edition

emotional sad fast-paced

4.75

michelle zauner is a talented writer. for anyone who has ever gone through grief, she has a way of taking you right back there, which is a very difficult experience for the reader but a wonderful demonstration of zauner’s abilities. i loved the tidbits about her relationship and how peter was always there for her. also, i think this book has an iconic first sentence. i liked pretty much everything about it except for the essay “dark matter.” it just didnt feel as impactful as the others to me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, Vomit, Child abuse, and Cancer

Moderate: Toxic relationship and Pregnancy

Minor: Abortion and Rape