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Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner

145 reviews

tezariah's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Car accident, Death, Grief, Death of parent, and Alcohol

biblioglot's review

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

I love this book and how the author talks about how complicated parental relationships can be. I appreciated her perspective and found myself crying at one point. The writing flows nicely and the talk about dealing with grief and how she reconnected with her family and Korean identity is really beautiful. Truly a stellar book. I have nothing negative to say about it. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Alcohol, Violence, Car accident, and Terminal illness

anamourao22's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer and Death of parent

Minor: Alcohol

biab00's review

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

This book is beautifully written, can't explain the feelings I have for it so here's one of my favorite quotes:

Sometimes my grief feels as thought I've been left alone in a room with no doors. Every time I remember that my mother is dead, it feels like I'm colliding with a wall that won't give. There's no escape, just a hard surface that I keep ramming into over and over, a reminder of the immutable reality that I will never see her again.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Chronic illness, Medical content, Death of parent, Grief, Death, Terminal illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

cturn's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Alcohol, Cancer, Car accident, Medical content, Grief, Mental illness, and Death of parent

Moderate: Car accident, Drug use, Addiction, Racism, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Vomit

cookieclutter's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

100% recommend the audiobook, as narrated by the author. I prefer reading memoirs this way especially if the author is the narrator as it adds a personal touch to the reading experience. It also helps with hearing how words are pronounced.

Zauner beautifully explores the mother-daughter relationship through the lens of a multiethnic family. As a second-gen immigrant & person of mixed ethnicity, I found myself relating a lot to Zauner, especially in the last two chapters. The emphasis on food served so much more to the story than just a way to make readers hungry. I often found myself craving the foods described while also experiencing the emotions felt by the author in each chapter. If you're searching for a food memoir with a bit of everything, consider checking out "Crying in H-Mart".

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, and Cancer

Moderate: Medical content

Minor: Alcohol, Abortion, Addiction, Racial slurs, Racism, Alcoholism, and Child abuse

mandyjedi's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death of parent, and Death

Moderate: Racism

Minor: Abortion and Alcohol

20sidedbi's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Racism, Car accident, Addiction, Alcohol, and Infidelity

ceruleanseas's review

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Alcohol and Medical content

Minor: Cursing, Abortion, and Infidelity

booksanna's review

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

I will preface this review by saying that memoirs are not typically my repertoire, yet this book dragged me out of a severe case of a reading slump. Firstly, the author’s beautiful writing provides soothing comforting and ever so meaningful story of her life. I especially enjoyed how she blended food with other themes of her life. As an immigrant myself, this book was a deep relieving sign of breath, and a nice warming cup of soup. For a book with only 200 pages, it could not have been more meaningfully written. The author’s eloquent writing captivated my mind and my mouth water with all of the appealing descriptions of foods. The story of overcoming grief and overcoming disassociation with your culture truly inspired deep thought in me. This book was truly wonderful, and I am so happy that I gave a chance. You should too. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Terminal illness, and Death of parent

Moderate: Body shaming and Bullying

Minor: Abortion, Car accident, Violence, Infidelity, Medical content, and Alcohol