Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Płacząc w H Mart by Michelle Zauner

1799 reviews

vavocado's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

bludgeoned_by_hail's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective relaxing sad tense fast-paced

4.0

It took a while to grow on me, but when it did it really did.
I wasn't a fan of the first few chapters, which came across way too personal, the writing not doing enough to really elevate it from venting and airing out dirty laundry (maybe I'm just not a fan of memoirs?).
From her mom's diagnosis onward, the pace shifts dramatically. The unpoetic and unfiltered language makes the excrutiating anguish of her deterioration and ultimate death come through the page with devastating depth, detail and vulnerability. When it finally happens, you are left grappling with the loss and putting the pieces together alongside Zauner. You can almost feel her maturing in real time.
The fact that it ends on a heartwarming note and she's clearly come out the other end is the cherry on top, making it all so much more bearable.
I admire Zauner's honesty and willingness to self-reflect in such a public manner, and wish her all the best. 
(Rugged Country hits different now for sure😮‍💨)

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Physical abuse

Minor: Infidelity, Racism, and Car accident

aude's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Addiction, Infidelity, and Alcohol

Minor: Abortion

katreads32's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

Really loved the writing style of this!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer and Death of parent

sunflower_13's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

Beautiful and heartbreaking and hopeful.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Grief, and Death of parent

risquish's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness and Death of parent

bbethcasas's review against another edition

emotional funny sad medium-paced

5.0

A beautiful, honest remembrance of the author’s difficult relationship with her mother. I was so able to relate on multiple levels, initially able to see my relationship with my daughter growing up, while later seeing more parallels with my own mother and myself reflected in the pages of the book. Don’t sleep on this somewhat under appreciated memoir. You’ll definitely need Kleenex! 

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Content Warnings

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

loonaglow's review against another edition

emotional informative

2.0

it’s not even that it was badly written, the writing was beautiful there was just so much mention of food in every chapter

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

abigalelouise12's review against another edition

emotional sad fast-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cancer, and Death of parent

kyarabereading's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

When I first started reading this book, I thought it was a bit slow-moving with a writing style I didn’t think I’d love. I assumed too early on that I wouldn’t like it, but I’m glad I gave it a chance, because in the end I really loved it. This is a book you can tell was written by a songwriter - poetic with the types of lines that feel like a punch in the gut. I fell in love with Zauner’s writing style - the level of detail she gives when describing food and music and art. You can really tell her connection to it all/love for it all and how it all helps her feel more connected to her mother.

This book was incredibly sad and honest and reflective. I appreciated Zauner’s honesty when it came to her relationship with those around her (especially her parents, especially her mom), as well as her honesty when it came to the disconnect she felt to her Korean culture. I think what she described is an experience that unfortunately a lot of people could relate to. Although it can be saddening, I hope it makes the readers of Crying in H Mart dealing with similar experiences feel a little less alone. 

It can’t be easy to write about such a tragedy and I commend Zauner for sharing her story with the world! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer and Grief

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Medical content, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Minor: Car accident