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mandi4886's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Death, Cancer, Death of parent, Grief, and Terminal illness
Moderate: Vomit, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Emotional abuse
Minor: Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Xenophobia, Medical trauma, Racism, Abortion, Car accident, Medical content, and Suicidal thoughts
klara42's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Grief, Death of parent, Medical content, Cancer, and Cursing
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: Abortion, Alcoholism, Cancer, Infidelity, Medical content, Vomit, Alcohol, Car accident, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Terminal illness, Grief, and Racism
Minor: Child abuse
boba_n_books's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Death of parent, Death, Cancer, and Grief
Moderate: Medical content
Minor: Cursing
stephanieridiculous's review against another edition
4.0
A lovely exploration of identity, family, culture, and grief. While this book is heavy I didn't find it emotionally taxing. It's uplifting in the midst of it's weight, and Zauner is an exceptional story teller.
Aside from the primary topic of the book, parental death by cancer (which can get fairly graphic, but in a respectful way), the content warnings are somewhat mild. One very brief reference to past rape, references to drug/alcohol abuse, DV, occasional swear words, and this is the weirdest: there is one part where she compares something she's cooking to the consistency of male bodily fluids. Two references within a page of each other, so over quickly - but I won't be able to not think about that if I ever eat that food! I did put emotional abuse as a graphic content warning, but I suspect that's very cultural. The way Zauner explains her mother treated her would definitely classify as emotional abuse where I live, but I understand that's very different around the globe.
Graphic: Death of parent, Terminal illness, Grief, Medical content, Cancer, and Emotional abuse
Minor: Car accident, Cursing, Addiction, Abortion, Alcoholism, Excrement, Vomit, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, and Rape
alyx's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Death of parent, Vomit, Body horror, Chronic illness, Grief, Medical trauma, Excrement, Cancer, Blood, Cursing, Medical content, and Terminal illness
Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Car accident, Drug use, and Mental illness
Minor: Racism, Emotional abuse, Car accident, and Abortion
kingwow's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Cursing, Death, Grief, Medical content, Abortion, Alcoholism, Cancer, Bullying, Alcohol, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, and Vomit
lindseygetsliterary's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Alcohol, Cursing, Death of parent, Cancer, Death, Terminal illness, and Medical content
Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, Alcoholism, and Racism
Minor: Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, and Abortion
brmillis03's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Death of parent, Death, Grief, and Terminal illness
Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Car accident, and Cursing
ivana's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Cancer, Car accident, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Excrement, Grief, Vomit, Terminal illness, and Medical content
Moderate: Alcohol and Alcoholism
Minor: Abortion and Infidelity