Reviews tagging 'Chronic illness'

Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner

116 reviews

emmacherradi's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

An incredibly honest and heartbreaking memoir about the realities of grief, identity, food, and the ever-so-complicated relationship between mother and daughter. I couldn't help but relate to Michelle as she reflected on her bittersweet relationship with her mother, her Korean-American identity, and how disconnected one can feel from a part of themselves. A painful yet comforting read for a person who has experienced a devastating loss, I cannot recommend it enough. 

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Content Warnings

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

maditowery's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Terminal illness, Vomit, Medical content, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Toxic relationship

cepbreed's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

I hate this book. It’s even worse that it’s a memoir, this is her actual life and yet I’m imparting all of my painful feelings onto her family. Michelle Zauner has crafted a story that has forced me to become both daughter and mother, a dangerous evolution for me, a daughter who is so single minded. I knew I would relate very rawly to her experience. I mean how could I not. I’m a half Korean half white girl born and raised in America whose connections to her heritage and mother are never good enough. That speaks for the daughter side of it all, but seeing Zauner take on the primary caregiver role for an extremely chronically ill person has put me entirely in my mother’s shoes. Obviously I didn’t die, but I was nearly there. I hated myself so much, for being so sickly, so full of hatred, so ugly, so weak, but my mother stood witness to it all. She absorbed my pain and never let hers show. Zauner’s words have cut deep into old scars and torn my heart in two. This memoir is everything to me and I’ll never be the same. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Abortion, and Alcohol

Minor: Child abuse, Excrement, Vomit, and Car accident

liv_txt's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Alcoholism, Grief, Car accident, Abortion, and Alcohol

ava_ba's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

Nami and Peter deserve everything, Kye is going straight to hell

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Terminal illness, Medical content, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Car accident, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

Minor: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Xenophobia, Excrement, and Abortion

leefox's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Medical content, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

brittbrittxo's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

4.0

So heartbreaking! It really slaps you in the face with how real and raw life truly can be sometimes. I couldn’t put the book down. It was like seeing a gruesome accident you couldn’t look away from. But Michelle’s voice in this was so great… it’s so descriptive and beautifully written. I knocked 1 star off because I didn’t love how she ended the book, but if you have the means to, I would grab the B&N exclusive edition to see extra pictures at the end. I also think if you don’t know a lot of Korean food or how the Korean language is pronounced, you might get caught up in that and it might take you out of the story a bit because she doesn’t always explain what every dish or translation is. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Grief, and Death of parent

_eleanorgreen8_'s review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

I absolutely loved this book, and was really interested to read it after hearing that it was written by the lead singer of Japanese Breakfast. I'd never read an autobiography before, and this book did not disappoint as it was so fascinating, engaging and honest. The way Michelle Zauner writes is so accessible and straightforward, but also extremely thoughtful and descriptive - I particularly loved her intensely detailed, mouthwatering descriptions of Korean food. She did also make me cry quite a lot with some of the heartbreaking accounts of her mother's illness, which goes to show how raw and emotional Zauner's writing is. Overall a deeply interesting and moving insight into the authors life; I would definitely like to read more autobiographical books from now on. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Chronic illness, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Child abuse and Grief

encryptedorchardpest's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Terminal illness, Medical content, and Death of parent

Moderate: Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Vomit, and Alcohol

Minor: Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Medical content, and Abortion

cady_sass's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective sad slow-paced

4.5

*drives to hmart to cry* 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Racism, Terminal illness, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, and Death of parent