Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner

73 reviews

green_bone's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

DNF a little under the 50% mark

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. 

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Content Warnings

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

beansbookshelf's review against another edition

emotional funny sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cancer, Child abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Vomit, Medical content, and Alcohol

Minor: Body shaming, Car accident, and Abortion

seanajk's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Car accident, and Death of parent

Moderate: Child abuse, Excrement, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Emotional abuse, and Abortion

halceeeeeeeee's review against another edition

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Terminal illness, Medical trauma, and Death of parent

Moderate: Drug use and Eating disorder

Minor: Addiction, Child abuse, and Car accident

maviemerveilleuse's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse

a_davis's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

there is so much about this book that so deeply resonated with me… feels suiting that it was the first book I finished in the new year

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child abuse

peppers_books's review against another edition

5.0

wow  that shit hurted

anyways,,
one thing i noticed is that it felt like she jumped around different periods of her life for no rhyme or reason and would drop random information on us unexpectedly. like it's present day, then we're back ten years, oh and btw they have a family dog! it might not seem important but it made the experience seem disjointed and broke up the flow of the book. the biggest thing though was when she just dropped a relatively detailed description of her fathers abusive childhood? i didn't understand the purpose and it was honestly kind of shocking to just be like bam! terrible thing that doesn't expand on what is currently being talked about. okay moving on.

at that point i almost considered dnfing but i decided to keep going because i've heard such good things. i'm glad i kept going because the rest was so heart wrenching, real, and raw that for a moment i held a part of her grief. as a reader, i felt honored to be trusted with such a vulnerable part of her life. her thoughts and emotions felt so genuine and open, like nothing was sugar coated, even if the truth was ugly. i really admired that and it made me realize that this is a memoir and michelle zauner is not an author day to day. the point of the book isn't to have spectacular writing and structure! i got what i needed out of the reading experience and that was all that mattered.

i am korean as well and that is such a big part of her identity, so this book is special to me in its own way. i could connect with and see my own experience reflected back which made it more impactful.

i will say, a huge huge warning for death of a parent due to cancer. as i mentioned, nothing felt sugar coated so all the ugly realities of illness and grief and anger are there in plain sight.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Fatphobia

Minor: Child abuse

koreanlinda's review against another edition

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

lilly_anne's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Mental illness, and Car accident