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channamason's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Cancer and Death of parent
Moderate: Child abuse
mxkanteven's review against another edition
3.75
Moderate: Alcoholism, Cancer, Child abuse, and Death of parent
foxonabook's review against another edition
4.0
I will say this, many aspects of the book resonated with my own experience, such as growing up in between two (or in my case, three) cultures, food being an integral part your culture and identity, and the fear that you will lose all ties and claim to your parent’s culture when they pass.
Also, don’t read/listen to this when you’re hungry.
Graphic: Alcoholism, Cancer, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Infidelity, Racism, Terminal illness, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Abortion, Death of parent, and Alcohol
Minor: Child abuse
thewoodlandbookshelf's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Cancer, Death, Medical content, Grief, and Death of parent
Moderate: Child abuse, Violence, Car accident, Abortion, and Alcohol
Minor: Rape
rieviolet's review against another edition
5.0
I loved the way food was a focal point throughout the narration, how its connection with one's cultural heritage was so strongly and beautifully illustrated. It really prompted me to reflect on the food I've grown up with and its significance for my own selfhood.
The linguist in me also really appreciated the lovely reflections on language and on a mother tongue.
The writing style was just *chef's kiss*. There were so many passages that I kept re-reading thinking to myself "How could she manage to capture this feeling with such poignant words and turn of phrases?", I was just floored.
My mother had struggled to understand me just as I struggled to understand her. Thrown as we were on opposite sides of a fault line - generational, cultural, linguistic - we wandered lost without a reference point, each of us unintelligible to the other's expectations, until these past few years when we had just begun to unlock the mystery, carve the psychic space to accommodate each other, appreciate the differences between us, linger in our refracted commonalities. Then, what would have been the most fruitful years of understanding were cut violently short, and I was left alone to decipher the secrets of inheritance without its key.
Graphic: Cancer, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Grief, and Death of parent
Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racism, Violence, Excrement, Vomit, Car accident, and Alcohol
Minor: Addiction, Drug use, Rape, Abortion, and Injury/Injury detail
writewithapendragon's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Cancer
Moderate: Cancer, Chronic illness, Terminal illness, Excrement, Medical content, Death of parent, and Alcohol
Minor: Child abuse, Infidelity, and Abortion
janabg's review against another edition
Graphic: Cancer, Death, Death of parent, and Abandonment
Moderate: Child abuse and Terminal illness
Minor: Addiction, Body shaming, Infidelity, and Vomit
lockg6704's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Cancer, Death, and Grief
Moderate: Child abuse
Minor: Abortion
roxy_reads_romance's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Cancer, Death, Grief, and Death of parent
Minor: Body shaming, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Medical content, and Abortion
kitausu's review against another edition
I didn't stop this book because there was anything wrong with the book. The writing is visceral and powerful as is the story. I'm just not mentally in a place to read it.
Graphic: Cancer, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, and Death of parent
Moderate: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Abortion
Minor: Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Pregnancy