Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner

146 reviews

clarelou07's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad slow-paced

3.0

Well-written reflection of grief and the complicated scales of maternal relationships. While reading, I felt myself pulling threads of my own maternal relationship to consider alongside Zauner. 

Content warning: this is an in depth book covering someone's cancer journey, and the effects on a family. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Car accident, Abortion, Alcoholism, Cancer, Alcohol, Death, Grief, and Medical content

baghaii's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad slow-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Cancer

Moderate: Alcohol

tezariah's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Car accident, Death, Grief, Death of parent, and Alcohol

biblioglot's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

I love this book and how the author talks about how complicated parental relationships can be. I appreciated her perspective and found myself crying at one point. The writing flows nicely and the talk about dealing with grief and how she reconnected with her family and Korean identity is really beautiful. Truly a stellar book. I have nothing negative to say about it. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Alcohol, Violence, Car accident, and Terminal illness

anamourao22's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer and Death of parent

Minor: Alcohol

biab00's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

This book is beautifully written, can't explain the feelings I have for it so here's one of my favorite quotes:

Sometimes my grief feels as thought I've been left alone in a room with no doors. Every time I remember that my mother is dead, it feels like I'm colliding with a wall that won't give. There's no escape, just a hard surface that I keep ramming into over and over, a reminder of the immutable reality that I will never see her again.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Chronic illness, Medical content, Death of parent, Grief, Death, Terminal illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

cturn's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Alcohol, Cancer, Car accident, Medical content, Grief, Mental illness, and Death of parent

Moderate: Car accident, Drug use, Addiction, Racism, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Vomit

cookieclutter's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

100% recommend the audiobook, as narrated by the author. I prefer reading memoirs this way especially if the author is the narrator as it adds a personal touch to the reading experience. It also helps with hearing how words are pronounced.

Zauner beautifully explores the mother-daughter relationship through the lens of a multiethnic family. As a second-gen immigrant & person of mixed ethnicity, I found myself relating a lot to Zauner, especially in the last two chapters. The emphasis on food served so much more to the story than just a way to make readers hungry. I often found myself craving the foods described while also experiencing the emotions felt by the author in each chapter. If you're searching for a food memoir with a bit of everything, consider checking out "Crying in H-Mart".

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, and Cancer

Moderate: Medical content

Minor: Alcohol, Abortion, Addiction, Racial slurs, Racism, Alcoholism, and Child abuse

mandyjedi's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death of parent, and Death

Moderate: Racism

Minor: Abortion and Alcohol

20sidedbi's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Racism, Car accident, Addiction, Alcohol, and Infidelity