Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner

679 reviews

emfield's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Alcoholism, and Cancer

Minor: Addiction, Car accident, Abortion, Suicidal thoughts, and Excrement

kaylaswhitmore's review against another edition

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

theblushbookworm's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

4.0

“Crying in H Mart” is an incredibly sad and  beautifully written love letter from a daughter to her deceased mother. Zauner and her mom shared a love of food that connected them to each other and their Korean culture. This is a memoir that will make you hungry and make you cry.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death of parent, and Cancer

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

rachelhass's review against another edition

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 against another edition

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

boyshouts's review

emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.75

Thoughtful, engaging, and full of incredible food imagery!

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Content Warnings

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

clarelou07's review against another edition

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

listette's review

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

I was surprised how much this memoir made me feel. Some moments, all I wanted was to cry, grief so thick and palpable in Zauner’s voice as she narrated. 

There’s nothing quite like the relationship between mothers and daughters. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Death of parent

erinreadsslow's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

laura227_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

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