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martinatan's review
5.0
Graphic: Car accident, Cancer, Death of parent, Death, Terminal illness, Grief, Medical content, and Medical trauma
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Alcohol
Minor: Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Addiction, Cursing, Dementia, Rape, Abortion, Domestic abuse, Racism, and Drug use
rachelfayreads's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Death and Death of parent
Moderate: Racism, Xenophobia, Suicidal thoughts, and Domestic abuse
jelkebooks's review
4.0
Graphic: Grief, Cancer, and Death of parent
Moderate: Alcoholism and Racism
Minor: Domestic abuse, Abortion, and Rape
askirmishofwit's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Cancer, Death of parent, Death, Grief, and Medical content
Minor: Abortion, Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, and Car accident
olekittycat's review
4.5
Graphic: Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Medical trauma
bookcheshirecat's review against another edition
4.0
“It felt like the world had divided into two different types of people, those who had felt pain and those who had yet to.”
➽ Crying in H Mart is an emotional memoir about Michelle Zauner’s experience with her mother’s illness and the grief of losing her. This was such a moving story as the author digs deep into her past, the complicated relationship she has with her mother and her Korean-American identity! I could definitely feel all her complicated emotions and how life changed when she got her mother’s diagnosis. The story doesn’t stray away from showing the ‘ugly’ sides of grief and taking care of a terminally ill relative. Zauner had a complicated relationship with some of her mother’s caretakers, especially the one who would communicate exclusively in Korean, which left her feeling like an outsider sometimes
Graphic: Medical content, Death of parent, Grief, and Terminal illness
Minor: Domestic abuse
cady_sass's review
4.5
Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Terminal illness, Alcoholism, Grief, Medical content, Medical trauma, Vomit, Death of parent, Cancer, Car accident, Domestic abuse, and Racism
poetrynati's review
4.0
Hers was tougher than tough love.
No one can accuse this book of being bland. It's full of feeling and sensations, not all of them usual and some uncomfortable, but many warm and delicious. Like Korean food, I'd say.
It was hard to swallow at times, though. My experience with an abusive (and I need to use that word, because tough love is only love to a point) mother is fresh and still happening nowadays. I don't have the luxury of being able to put any space between me and her like the author, so I felt everything very vividly. I disagree with her thoughts that it was all only a matter of cultural difference. As a latina, I'm well familiar with what she was talking about, but abuse is abuse whether it comes with a colorful cultural background or not. I hope one day Michelle finds healing and stops craving to be like her mother, especially if she herself decides to have children someday.
That all being said, I still loved this book. It made me hungry, for Korean food but also for love and family affection. For embracing your cultural roots. And music, too. Japanese Breakfast is a fantastic band and I'm glad I found out about it reading this.
Read as part of the lovey dovey book club.
Graphic: Domestic abuse and Child abuse
latashman's review
5.0
Graphic: Death, Death of parent, and Cancer
Moderate: Domestic abuse
katyfortner's review
3.25
The writing is very good and really pulled at your heart strings. The author is very strong to have gone through all of this and still coming out on top of life.
Graphic: Medical trauma, Cancer, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Medical content, Child abuse, Grief, Alcohol, Suicidal thoughts, and Death
Minor: Abortion