Reviews tagging 'Xenophobia'

Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner

50 reviews

macykey's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective fast-paced

5.0

I read this book in the span of 24 hours. It just, it touched me in a way that I think is special to people who have been caretakers to sick and dying people. This book is also a beautiful look at the relationships between mothers and daughters that I think transcend culture and ethnicity. I assume that I relate to this book a little more closely than a large majority of the people who’ll read it. I am whiter than snow, but I was still able to relate to so much of this story. I was one of the main  caretakers for my grandmother (Memaw) in the last years of her life. I’ve witnessed any number of things that nobody should have to see in multiple lifetimes. Like Michelle, a lot of my relationship with Memaw was based around food. Whether that was healthy or not is a separate issue, but that’s just the way it was. We ate dinner together every Thursday night for several years. She shared recipes with me and when she got too weak to bake on her own, I did a lot of the heavy lifting. And when she had to move into an assisted living facility, I made the food we made together on my own and brought it to her. I was a vegan for a long period of time, so I also managed to sneak some of my own vegan baking in there for her. I’m sure if I thought about it for a second, I could still make her heath pudding by heart. The only difference in mine and Michelle’s stories is that I was the only family that my Memaw had with her, so I made sure to get to know as much as I could about her while she was still alive. I read articles to her about Jimmy Carter, she loved Jimmy Carter. I helped her clean out her desk, which was a time capsule in and of itself, and found so many things that I was able to ask her about. It’s not a stretch of the imagination to say that Memaw was my person. She’s been gone since August and I miss her every single day. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Excrement, Xenophobia, Vomit, Alcohol, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Car accident, and Addiction

Minor: Abortion

graceexe's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

picked up this book in search of guidance with my own grief. cried a lot. 5/5 would do it again 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Cancer, and Death of parent

Moderate: Vomit and Medical content

Minor: Car accident, Infidelity, Racism, and Xenophobia

hannahjb's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Death of parent, and Terminal illness

Minor: Death and Xenophobia

nialiversuch's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Medical content, Medical trauma, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Alcohol, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Addiction, Abortion, Cursing, Car accident, Bullying, Xenophobia, and Vomit

mandi4886's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Vomit, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Xenophobia, Medical trauma, Racism, Abortion, Car accident, Medical content, and Suicidal thoughts

bbellabeee's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Body shaming, Car accident, Xenophobia, and Alcoholism

naomi_k's review against another edition

emotional funny informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Cancer, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Grief, Gaslighting, Xenophobia, Emotional abuse, and Racism

atomicbritt's review

emotional sad tense medium-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Grief, Death of parent, and Racism

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Addiction

Minor: Abortion and Infidelity

salm0n's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

This book tore my hear out and spit on it, absolutely amazing. The writing was extraordinary and Zauner's experience not only was incredibly inspiring, but extremely relatable. A must read for any half- asians trying their best to connect.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness and Death of parent

Minor: Abortion, Xenophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Car accident, and Alcoholism

lipsmovetheysay's review against another edition

fast-paced

4.0

i can almost never read non-fiction or a memoir, but this was really wonderful. it made me sad and hungry.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Terminal illness, Xenophobia, Chronic illness, Death, Racism, and Death of parent