Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner

28 reviews

stephanieridiculous's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.0

Whew, what an emotional book!

A lovely exploration of identity, family, culture, and grief. While this book is heavy I didn't find it emotionally taxing. It's uplifting in the midst of it's weight, and Zauner is an exceptional story teller.

Aside from the primary topic of the book, parental death by cancer (which can get fairly graphic, but in a respectful way), the content warnings are somewhat mild. One very brief reference to past rape, references to drug/alcohol abuse, DV, occasional swear words, and this is the weirdest: there is one part where she compares something she's cooking to the consistency of male bodily fluids. Two references within a page of each other, so over quickly - but I won't be able to not think about that if I ever eat that food! I did put emotional abuse as a graphic content warning, but I suspect that's very cultural. The way Zauner explains her mother treated her would definitely classify as emotional abuse where I live, but I understand that's very different around the globe.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Terminal illness, Grief, Medical content, Cancer, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Car accident, Cursing, Addiction, Abortion, Alcoholism, Excrement, Vomit, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, and Rape

amsq's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

I found the writing of Crying in H Mart very compelling. Michelle Zauner described everything with a charming amount of detail and it made the book feel like an honest confession of her life. As a POC I loved the amount of time she afforded to her culture, and specifically in her descriptions of food (a love language for many people). In addition, I liked that in the majority of the book Zauner switched from different points in her life, linking them through themes rather than time. This felt like an organic way to discover more about Zauner. The few aspects of the book that faltered for me were the few moments of repetition where she would reuse an old image with similar effect (but none were particularly long) and, whilst not necessarily negative, I noticed a change in pace during the later chapters (this may have perhaps simply been a product of the more somber tone).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer and Death of parent

Moderate: Addiction, Abortion, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Xenophobia, Racism, and Mental illness

Minor: Rape

kitausu's review

DNF a little under the 50% mark

I didn't stop this book because there was anything wrong with the book. The writing is visceral and powerful as is the story. I'm just not mentally in a place to read it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Mental illness, Medical content, Cancer, Grief, Medical trauma, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Body shaming, Abortion, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, and Child abuse

Minor: Sexual violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, and Suicidal thoughts

cookiesandchapters's review

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness and Death of parent

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Rape

calicot's review

emotional funny sad

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Grief, and Medical content

Moderate: Vomit

Minor: Car accident and Rape

panickat123's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Alcoholism, Car accident, and Medical content

Minor: Abortion, Drug use, and Rape

bookmarkedbya's review

adventurous emotional sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Rape

kaiulanilee's review

emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

Wow....I cannot even fully express how much this book impacted me, changed me, and how much it means to me. It felt like a truly beautiful celebration of the life of her mother, as well as something so personal and vulnerable to her and her grief that I found myself at times completely stunned. The writing is absolutely incredible and the descriptions of food, simple moments, and her feelings had me in awe. As someone with a Korean parent, the way this managed to capture the very specific type of affection within Korean culture, as well as so many other beautiful aspects to it, made this so incredibly personal to me. I saw my aunts in this, my grandma. It was devastating but in a way that makes you love everyone around you so much more. If you have the chance, PLEASE give this a read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Medical content, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Abortion, Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Car accident, Cursing, and Drug abuse

Minor: Child abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault