Reviews tagging 'Body shaming'

Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner

72 reviews

michae1a's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

4.5⭐️ this book has a special place in my heart and I’m gonna carry it with me. so much raw emotion 🥺 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Terminal illness, Death of parent, Abortion, Cultural appropriation, Body shaming, Grief, and Racism

daniofthewood's review against another edition

hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Alcoholism, Car accident, Drug use, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical content

Minor: Abortion, Addiction, Body shaming, and Racism

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

filisia's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

A very beautiful and heartbreaking memoir

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death of parent, and Death

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Body shaming

spaceykaysee's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Abortion, Racial slurs, Xenophobia, and Physical abuse

Minor: Rape

edencameron's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Fatphobia, Alcoholism, Terminal illness, Body shaming, Death, Suicide, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Abortion, Addiction, Cursing, Grief, Medical trauma, and Mental illness

isareader's review

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

A heartbreaking yet informative memoir from Zauner that touches on culture, identity, grief, and caregiving. I found her descriptions of how unconditionally and unapologetically she showed love to her mom and vice versa so touching, tearing up multiple times. I sometimes struggled to understand the repetition of the detailed descriptions of food and some moments that felt a little untied to thoughts, but I will remember this book for a long time!

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Grief and Xenophobia

Minor: Abortion and Body shaming

booksanna's review against another edition

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

alexandramiller's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Body shaming, Grief, Chronic illness, Death of parent, and Death

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

mmalone's review

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Medical content, Bullying, Cancer, Body shaming, Death of parent, Grief, Infidelity, and Car accident