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Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner

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kibbles15's review against another edition

emotional sad slow-paced

3.0

This is a well written memoir that will definitely make you cry. I actually listened to the audiobook. Unfortunately, I don't feel the narration expressed the emotions that were intended by the author. It actually came across a bit monotone. As a result, while I thought the memoir was good, it moved very slow for me. I would actually suggest reading book over listening to it.

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alexisgarcia's review

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emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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gabriella_'s review

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dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

I am in awe of this book. I cried many times reading it.

A lot of this book I personally resonated with. While I am not Korean, the mother-daughter bonding, themes of feeling disconnected from culture, grief, and transcending love of food hit very hard. Zauner finds a way to bring a personal story up and close to the reader. She has a way with words.

I can’t express how grateful I am to read this book. It feels like a warm hug. I hope anyone who has struggled with grief, especially those who mourn a mom or motherly figure, walk away from this book with even a shred of comfort. There is so much I want to say, so much thanks I want to pay the author for being as vulnerable as she was. And so much I want to thank her for, for expressing how painful her journey has been.

Some lines of this book really stuck with me, and I’ll end this review with one that made me audibly sob.

When one person collapses, the other instinctively shoulders their weight.

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