Reviews tagging 'Cancer'

Lágrimas no Mercado by Michelle Zauner

1365 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

britreadsbooks's review against another edition

emotional inspiring sad slow-paced

4.5

The very emotional tale of a woman's complicated relationship with her mother and how she navigated her mother getting cancer and passing away. I cried several times. It's also full of gorgeous descriptions of Korean food that make me want to visit Korea and eat everything.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma and Cancer

lauren_drinkard's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer

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

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

alexashabit's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer

Moderate: Emotional abuse

emmabjones's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

Oh wow. I loved this very much. Not usually a fan of audiobooks but it was told beautifully and I wouldn’t have had it any other way. Seriously you should go listen to it on Spotify. I loved this book very much. 

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Abortion