Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner

277 reviews

afay0802's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Cancer, and Death

Minor: Alcoholism and Addiction

llams's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

what an amazing and honest ode to her mother and korean food. it felt honest and gut wrenchingly real

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Medical content, Racial slurs, Terminal illness, Death, Racism, Vomit, Xenophobia, Car accident, Grief, Infidelity, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Drug use, Gore, Death of parent, Cancer, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Abortion

kelkelkelkelly's review against another edition

emotional sad slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Racism

Minor: Drug use

leonkoenig's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Terminal illness

Moderate: Alcoholism

kmae314's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective sad slow-paced

3.5

3.5 stars

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness and Grief

Moderate: Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Child abuse, Toxic relationship, and Alcoholism

cherie17's review against another edition

emotional informative sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Cancer, and Death of parent

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Abortion, Drug use, Alcoholism, and Car accident

spellygirl's review

reflective slow-paced

3.0

It wasn't bad, but from the reviews I've seen I expected a lot more. It was absolutely sad, but I was nowhere near crying or anything like that. There were a lot of descriptions of Korean food, which there were a bit too many of for me personally,

especially the eating live octopus thing.

 The audiobook was decently read, though I sped it up to 1.2, which I doesn't typically do. If you're into the topic and don't mind a lot of food descriptions, I would recommend giving it a try. I felt I learned more about Korean culture, and having issues communicating in your origin country. And of course the cancer journey and stuff, but I knew more about that to begin with. Overall I would probably have liked it better if it wasn't so hyped up and increased my expectations so much. 

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Infidelity, Abortion, Alcoholism, Car accident, Animal cruelty, Alcohol, and Animal death

mcnan's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

I've never lost a parent. I'm not an only child. My race is as white as can be. That this story still managed to resonate with me was a testament to Zauner and her writing abilities. Her skill in picking up and noting minute details and feelings is incredible. 

I had the pleasure of listening to her give a book talk about this, but, admittedly, had not even read the book at the time. I wish I would have, because I would have experienced her presence with a new weight and understanding. 

Highly recommend the audiobook.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Abortion and Alcoholism

pikkumarja's review against another edition

emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

4.0

This story is so emotional and beautiful. It made me think about all the memories linked to foods and drinks and meals together with the loved ones.

The book reads as fiction even when it is non-fiction (and that makes everything way more emotional).
StoryGraph said this is out of my comfort zone but I felt very comfortable reading this. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Cancer, and Medical content

Moderate: Alcoholism and Vomit

Minor: Violence

sshinesea's review

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer

Moderate: Alcoholism