Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner

65 reviews

theseniorswiftie's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Abortion, Emotional abuse, Cancer, Death of parent, and Alcoholism

aleyajo's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

She talks about food a lot and it all sounded so delicious and made me soooo hungry. Eloquently balanced the complicated relationship with her mother with the love they had for each other. Beautifully written. Reminded me of leg but more poetic. A lovely memorial of her mother, their relationship, and their culture.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Car accident, Racism, Mental illness, Child abuse, Medical content, and Medical trauma

cookieclutter's review

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

livruther's review against another edition

emotional sad fast-paced

4.75

michelle zauner is a talented writer. for anyone who has ever gone through grief, she has a way of taking you right back there, which is a very difficult experience for the reader but a wonderful demonstration of zauner’s abilities. i loved the tidbits about her relationship and how peter was always there for her. also, i think this book has an iconic first sentence. i liked pretty much everything about it except for the essay “dark matter.” it just didnt feel as impactful as the others to me. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Toxic relationship and Pregnancy

Minor: Abortion and Rape

hols_s's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Abortion, and Child abuse

peachandmints's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Physical abuse, Medical content, Cancer, Car accident, Terminal illness, Death, Death of parent, Fatphobia, Child abuse, and Abortion

dehernandez3169's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Cancer

Moderate: Child abuse

kingsteph's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer and Death

Moderate: Death of parent and Toxic relationship

Minor: Rape, Child abuse, and Animal death

kelseychild's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Moderate: Child abuse, Alcoholism, and Violence

ashley_turch's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

Not for the faint of heart

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Cancer, Child abuse, Death of parent, Medical content, Death, and Vomit

Moderate: Excrement, Abortion, Alcoholism, Car accident, and Racism

Minor: Animal death

Very heavy and graphic descriptions of parental terminal illness and death. Only animal death is a short description of a squirrel dying