Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner

1668 reviews

mya_jt's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad slow-paced

4.0

For some reason, I did not have any clue what this book was going to be about. Completely ignoring the title, evidently, I thought I was going into a humorous, lighthearted story, about grocery shopping or something. Rather, if you're unsure about its topic, as I was, "Crying" is definitely the key word. {I cried many times myself, just experiencing this story secondhand.} It is about a difficult relationship and losing someone close to you. So close to you, they're really a part of you. It is so personal, it is difficult to even explain. I really felt the author's pain. It was quite the experience. I would recommend it to: anyone looking for emotions, humanity, vulnerability, something about the world, reflections on an interesting (in my opinion ofc) life, a complicated mother-daughter relationship, a story both of community and isolation, someone to tell you something deep, to draw tears from your eyes and feeling from your cold dead heart, someone to grieve with, someone to sing with, or someone to teach you about comfort food. This is a good choice for you, I swear.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer

Moderate: Death and Death of parent

ktrainofthoughts's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Death of parent

madsfaye's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

kenzibir's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad tense

4.0

Such a sad book but worth a read. Enjoyed the themes around food. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Cancer

Moderate: Drug use, Abortion, and Addiction

butlerebecca's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

graceelllen12's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

jessi_c's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

I went into this with the full intention of not knowing anything about the premise or the author. And what an absolute joy and privilege to get to know this small family. A galaxy made from violence, gravity, and time. And the world receives every form of art that has grown from this grief in grand abundance. I will happily help to carry the weight and celebrate her life. I see her mother in my mother.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer and Death of parent

Moderate: Medical content, Grief, and Mental illness

Minor: Alcoholism, Body shaming, and Drug abuse

laurenlsmith's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Death and Medical content

Minor: Body shaming

mondayn's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Medical trauma, Medical content, Physical abuse, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Cancer, Body horror, and Death of parent

Moderate: Domestic abuse

Minor: Alcohol, Xenophobia, and Alcoholism

There is intimate, horrified handling of a dead body

You will get several Korean recipes lodged into prose

globgr's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Cancer, and Death of parent