Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner

28 reviews

martinatan's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

you already know this book is perfect and no one can tell me otherwise

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Alcohol

Minor: Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Addiction, Cursing, Dementia, Rape, Abortion, Domestic abuse, Racism, and Drug use

andreaaj4's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

my new favorite book. absolutely life changing and evoking so much reflection and emotion from me, as a Chinese-American first-born daughter of immigrants. the best way i could describe the experience of reading this is "sobbing and salivating at the same time."

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Content Warnings

Minor: Rape

booksarebae's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Drug abuse, Death, and Cancer

Moderate: Abortion

Minor: Rape

idesofmarch's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, and Cancer

Moderate: Terminal illness

Minor: Abortion and Rape

seregelda's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

3.0

CW: cancer, child abuse, assault, r*pe mention

I'm not familiar with the author's music, so that didn't influence me at all. It was sad and makes me want to cherish my mom, a cancer survivor, all the more! Wish I could relate to all the food stories, but I still have yet to try kimchi (my sister thinks it will be too spicy for me).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death of parent, Child abuse, and Death

Moderate: Infidelity, Medical content, and Terminal illness

Minor: Rape

jelkebooks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

4.0

 This was an incredible memoir. The writing is just absolutely beautiful. The constant descriptions of food felt so real and passionate, but the descriptions of grief were also so incredibly real, and heartbreaking. I did sometimes get a bit lost in the writing, but I did think this was an incredible read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Cancer, and Death of parent

Moderate: Alcoholism and Racism

Minor: Domestic abuse, Abortion, and Rape

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

livruther's review

emotional sad fast-paced

4.75

michelle zauner is a talented writer. for anyone who has ever gone through grief, she has a way of taking you right back there, which is a very difficult experience for the reader but a wonderful demonstration of zauner’s abilities. i loved the tidbits about her relationship and how peter was always there for her. also, i think this book has an iconic first sentence. i liked pretty much everything about it except for the essay “dark matter.” it just didnt feel as impactful as the others to me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, Vomit, Child abuse, and Cancer

Moderate: Toxic relationship and Pregnancy

Minor: Abortion and Rape

laur_astor's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

“Maybe I want wrinkles. Maybe I want reminders that I’ve lived my life!”

“She would always suffer to bring me comfort, that that was how you knew someone really loved you.”

It’s hard to say that I enjoyed this memoir because it’s so heartbreaking but Michelle’s story of her mom is also so beautiful in the face of so much sadness. (Definitely recommend the audiobook.) It’s hard to understand the love between a mother and daughter when you’re an outsider but Michelle’s wonderful writing about her mom makes you feel enough of their bond to experience her grief.

I haven’t listened to Japanese Breakfast, but now I have to!

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Abortion, Xenophobia, and Rape

kingsteph's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer and Death

Moderate: Death of parent and Toxic relationship

Minor: Rape, Child abuse, and Animal death