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mooshake's review against another edition
i'm not korean or asian myself but listening to zauner discuss the korean american experience was very informative as well
now i gotta check out japanese breakfast brb
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Car accident, Death of parent, Alcoholism, and Cancer
mandi4886's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Death, Cancer, Death of parent, Grief, and Terminal illness
Moderate: Vomit, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Emotional abuse
Minor: Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Xenophobia, Medical trauma, Racism, Abortion, Car accident, Medical content, and Suicidal thoughts
el13's review
2.5
Graphic: Grief, Medical trauma, Abortion, Alcoholism, Cancer, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Medical content, and Terminal illness
daniellekat's review against another edition
2.5
Graphic: Medical trauma, Death of parent, Grief, Emotional abuse, Cancer, Toxic relationship, Terminal illness, and Medical content
Moderate: Mental illness, Alcoholism, and Body shaming
Minor: Addiction, Infidelity, Abortion, Racism, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, and Hate crime
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
professional_grandma's review against another edition
4.25
The one thing I didn’t agree with in this book was the discussion of religion as something people were forced into. However, everyone has different opinions and by the end the author seemed more open minded about it.
Graphic: Cancer, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Terminal illness, and Excrement
Minor: Alcoholism and Car accident
kurumipanda's review
5.0
Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, Medical content, Terminal illness, Cancer, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Alcohol, Car accident, Abortion, and Addiction
yavin_iv's review
4.5
Graphic: Cancer, Death of parent, Death, Grief, Medical content, and Terminal illness
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Racism, and Alcohol
Minor: Infidelity and Abortion
lindseygetsliterary's review
5.0
Graphic: Alcohol, Cursing, Death of parent, Cancer, Death, Terminal illness, and Medical content
Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, Alcoholism, and Racism
Minor: Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, and Abortion
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