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Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner

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eleek0609's review

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dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

4.5


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theseniorswiftie's review

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dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

4.0


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spaceykaysee's review

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dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0


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eejanke's review

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dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

2.5


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readingthroughinfinity's review against another edition

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challenging dark sad medium-paced

4.0

This is a really heavy read and probably not one for people who have recently experienced a bereavement. Since there's no blurb on the paperback (and I was reading between my pb and the audio), I assumed the book might be about Michelle Zauner's life as well as the passing of her mother. But 90% of it was about her mother's illness and her subsequent death, making this a sad and, at times, harrowing read. It's a powerful and important book, but I found it hard going because it was so devastating. We get a clear insight into the complicated relationship Michelle had with her mother and this book does a good job of illustrating how parent-child relationships can be at once so deeply loving, and also very tough.  

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pandanexpress's review

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emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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maresuju's review

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challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

5.0


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rucha_s's review

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emotional sad slow-paced

2.75

Wasn't for me. 

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sundayfever's review

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dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

Beautifully written. Talks about the dark, painful parts of caring for a sick parent and grieving their death. And about the pain of being mixed race and losing your culture when you lose a parent. Plus wonderful descriptions of food. 

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jessiejonesbentley's review

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challenging emotional reflective sad fast-paced

4.5


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