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marianaribeiro's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Car accident, Abortion, Addiction, Cancer, Death of parent, Infidelity, Medical content, Miscarriage, and Terminal illness
kelly_e's review against another edition
3.0
Author: Michelle Zauner
Genre: Memoir
Rating: 3.0
Pub Date: April 21, 2021
T H R E E • W O R D S
Raw • Illuminating • Surface-level
📖 S Y N O P S I S
Crying in H Mart is a memoir about growing up, caregiving, death, grief and identity from Michelle Zauner.
She details growing up as one of the few Korean American kids at her school; of struggling with her mother's high expectations; of time spent with her mother's family in Seoul; of caring for her mother through the end of life; of death and grief; and of reconnecting with her identity.
💭 T H O U G H T S
Sometimes the hype can have an adverse effect on my reading experience, and that was certainly the case with Crying in H Mart. I went in expecting a life-alternating and moving memoir dealing with death and grief, yet I didn't get the emotional depth I'd anticipated.
That's not to say this wasn't an incredibly personal and healing journey for the author, which I imagine it was. It felt like a story which needed to be written, yet not necessarily read. The writing was accessible, and Michelle details an intimate look into the daily routine of caregiving for someone at the end of life. It's always interesting to read about how people discover their culture, especially in grief. And food does play a role throughout, however, I'd expected there to be more of how food is a source of human connection through the good and the bad. I just wanted more depth and emotion.
Crying in H Mart is a beautiful exploration of mother/daughter relationships and an open dialogue on dying and grief, it just wasn't the all encompassing sensory experience I'd been wanting or needing.
📚 R E C O M M E N D • T O
• readers looking for a mother/daughter memoir
• grievers
🔖 F A V O U R I T E • Q U O T E S
"It felt like the world had divided into two different types of people, those who had felt pain and those who had yet to."
"Food was an unspoken language between us, had come to symbolize our return to each other, our bonding, our common ground."
Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Grief, Terminal illness, Emotional abuse, Cancer, and Medical content
Moderate: Vomit, Medical trauma, Addiction, Drug use, Racism, Chronic illness, Alcohol, Drug abuse, and Alcoholism
Minor: Abortion, Car accident, Infidelity, and Suicidal thoughts
hadsbaker's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Cancer, Death of parent, and Grief
Moderate: Infidelity, Terminal illness, and Medical content
ejanephillips's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Cancer, Grief, Infidelity, Medical content, Car accident, Cursing, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Vomit, Abortion, Alcohol, and Death of parent
deetabz's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Cancer, Grief, Death, and Death of parent
Moderate: Alcohol, Mental illness, Racism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Car accident, Drug use, Medical content, and Abortion
Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Excrement, and Infidelity
mugs_it_is's review against another edition
Graphic: Terminal illness, Death of parent, and Cancer
Minor: Infidelity and Drug abuse
bookiecharm's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Car accident, Death of parent, Grief, Cancer, Alcoholism, and Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Infidelity, Abortion, and Body shaming
kcelena's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Blood, Racial slurs, Car accident, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death of parent, Drug use, Alcohol, Cancer, Death, Racism, Terminal illness, Grief, Infidelity, and Medical content
Moderate: Abortion
lucinotlucy's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Death, Medical content, Terminal illness, Death of parent, Cancer, and Grief
Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Abortion, Alcohol, Car accident, and Infidelity
dustghosts's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Death of parent, Cancer, Terminal illness, Medical content, and Grief
Moderate: Car accident
Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Abortion, Excrement, Infidelity, and Racism