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Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner

273 reviews

emfield's review

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death, Death of parent, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Alcoholism, and Cancer

Minor: Addiction, Car accident, Abortion, Suicidal thoughts, and Excrement

kaylaswhitmore's review

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

I may just be biased, since I am also a Korean-American woman who grew up in Eugene, Oregon…but this memoir is certainly a gift to all who read it, and especially children of Asian immigrants. Words can’t quite describe the bizarre, surreal experience I had reading Michelle’s recollections. In between reeling emotionally from the similarities between her mother and my own, I would find myself blinking as familiar staples of my Eugene hometown popped up on every other page. Though my childhood and relationship to my mother is still quite different from Michelle’s, there were still so many things that struck me as familiar—like a funhouse mirror. Her use of emotion to paint such vivid pictures of the intangible truly drew me in and held me from the very first chapter. Someday, when the ache of her loss and the fear of losing my own mother fades, I will return to this book and reread it anew. For now, I’ll sit here in silence for a bit and cry lol.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Fatphobia, Grief, Terminal illness, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Medical trauma, Medical content, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Cursing, Car accident, Infidelity, and Body shaming

Minor: Vomit

mcosmic's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Cancer, and Death

Minor: Alcoholism

mcnoble's review

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Deeply reflective and wholeheartedly authentic, Michelle Zauner’s writing whisks you away to her own memories with perfect descriptions. Crying in H Mart was on my “to read” list for a long time and it was worth saving. Her rawness and attention to detail make you want to cry, smile, and find the nearest banchan to enjoy. 

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Abortion, Alcoholism, and Car accident

clarelou07's review

challenging emotional reflective sad slow-paced

3.0

Well-written reflection of grief and the complicated scales of maternal relationships. While reading, I felt myself pulling threads of my own maternal relationship to consider alongside Zauner. 

Content warning: this is an in depth book covering someone's cancer journey, and the effects on a family. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Car accident, Abortion, Alcoholism, Cancer, Alcohol, Death, Grief, and Medical content

bunbun411's review

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Death, Death of parent, Terminal illness, Alcoholism, Cancer, Chronic illness, and Grief

aggielexi's review against another edition

emotional

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Cancer, Alcoholism, and Car accident

binkramos's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Abortion, Car accident, and Suicidal thoughts

livlovread's review

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Car accident and Alcoholism

donnanoble's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Alcoholism and Addiction

Minor: Abortion and Car accident