Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner

364 reviews

seregelda's review

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

3.0

CW: cancer, child abuse, assault, r*pe mention

I'm not familiar with the author's music, so that didn't influence me at all. It was sad and makes me want to cherish my mom, a cancer survivor, all the more! Wish I could relate to all the food stories, but I still have yet to try kimchi (my sister thinks it will be too spicy for me).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death of parent, Child abuse, and Death

Moderate: Infidelity, Medical content, and Terminal illness

Minor: Rape

daniofthewood's review

hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Alcoholism, Car accident, Drug use, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical content

Minor: Abortion, Addiction, Body shaming, and Racism

waybeyondblue's review

challenging emotional funny hopeful reflective sad

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Medical content, Pregnancy, and Racism

Minor: Excrement and Car accident

annareads97's review

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

4.5

I was looking forward to reading this book for quite some time, and while it was not entirely what I expected, I very much enjoyed it. Michelle beautifully describes her complex relationship with her mother, with her Korean heritage, with grief, with love, and all of it is intricately woven into her relationship with the Asian comfort foods she grew up eating. I would call this a must read for anyone who grew up feeling caught between two identities, who is grieving the loss of a parent with whom they had a complicated relationship, or who simply wants to learn more about Asian American culture. 

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Emotional abuse, Drug use, Car accident, and Alcoholism

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

rachelhass's review

emotional inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

yeehawrobbins's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

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

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