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Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner

64 reviews

toofondofbooks_'s review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Alcohol, Drug abuse, and Child abuse

Minor: Abortion

ashleycmms's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Addiction, Car accident, and Alcoholism

Minor: Abortion, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Infidelity

There’s also a scene where someone is looking physically attacked. Brief mention.

kaiulanilee's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

Wow....I cannot even fully express how much this book impacted me, changed me, and how much it means to me. It felt like a truly beautiful celebration of the life of her mother, as well as something so personal and vulnerable to her and her grief that I found myself at times completely stunned. The writing is absolutely incredible and the descriptions of food, simple moments, and her feelings had me in awe. As someone with a Korean parent, the way this managed to capture the very specific type of affection within Korean culture, as well as so many other beautiful aspects to it, made this so incredibly personal to me. I saw my aunts in this, my grandma. It was devastating but in a way that makes you love everyone around you so much more. If you have the chance, PLEASE give this a read.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Abortion, Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Car accident, Cursing, and Drug abuse

Minor: Child abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault

caseythereader's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

 - CRYING IN H MART is a nuanced, painful, and loving exploration of complicated family dynamics, of finding your way back after a tumultuous adolescence, and grappling with the lost time.
- The writing is really stark - Zauner does not hide how awful her mother's illness was. Much of the book feels like her still fighting through her initial thoughts and feelings - it's all very close to the bone, still.
- As nearly every review has mentioned, the descriptions of cooking and food in this book are wonderful. I'm not terribly familiar with Korean food, and yet I still felt like I was right there in the kitchen with her. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Blood, Cancer, Car accident, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Medical content, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, and Vomit

Moderate: Abortion and Drug abuse