Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner

79 reviews

jadewindsor's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Medical content

Minor: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, and Self harm

dizzzybrook's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

This will forever be a six star book for me no matter how many times I read it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Cancer, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, and Death of parent

petrock28's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Death of parent

skeltzer's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

Absolutely devastating. I had to slow down my reading because I started feeling this in my chest. It must have been cathartic for Zauner to write, and she writes grief very well. Reading this reminded me of how I felt when my father died. I also loved how prominently situated Korean cuisine was in this book. I loved the way food was written about, and I love that Zauner didn't try to explain every dish to us - I had to go look up some of the food. One lingering curiosity for me is how her family was able to afford so much - all the trips, the food, the really good insurance. I think this book is a good example of many things being true at once: your parent can be abusive, and they can also be a victim of abuse, and you can still love them, and you can also be a terrible child, and they can be a terrible person, and and and.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Medical content, and Death of parent

Minor: Abortion

mariahlindz's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

Well, for starters, ow. I don't know what else to say. If you've lost a loved one you will cry. If food is a love language for you like it is for so many, you will be inspired, but you will also cry. Lots of crying will be involved. Be nice to your fucking mom, dude.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Excrement and Vomit

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Car accident, Abortion, and Alcohol

mandi4886's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Vomit, and Alcohol

Minor: Cursing, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, Medical content, Medical trauma, Car accident, Abortion, and Injury/Injury detail

naomi_k's review against another edition

emotional funny informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Terminal illness, and Death of parent

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Racism, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Grief, and Gaslighting

daniellekat's review against another edition

slow-paced

2.5

Beautifully written but just not for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Emotional abuse, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, and Death of parent

Moderate: Alcoholism, Body shaming, and Mental illness

Minor: Addiction, Hate crime, Infidelity, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Abortion, and Injury/Injury detail

snipinfool's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

I started this book last year and DNFed it as I was not in the headspace to deal with some of the content. I am glad I gave the book another try. Parts were still hard for me to read, but were necessary to the story. I loved reading how Michelle dove into learning more about her Korean heritage and how it helped her to deal with her mother's illness, loss, and grief. MZ's writing was heartbreakingly raw and extremely personal. I will reflect back on her memoir for months to come.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Emotional abuse

flowchelle's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Terminal illness, Medical content, Grief, and Death of parent