Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner

79 reviews

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

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

basicbookstagrammer's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Terminal illness, Vomit, Car accident, and Abortion

spookily's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Abortion

Minor: Addiction, Drug abuse, Misogyny, Racism, and Vomit

christinanglf's review against another edition

hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, and Death of parent

kathleentcarroll's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Grief, Medical trauma, and Death of parent

annuich's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Racism, Terminal illness, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, and Alcohol

ashleyann's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

This book brought me the visibility I needed while suffering from the grief of my own mother who had passed away from cancer several months prior. My world was honestly just darkness and this honest portrayal helped me process my own emotions and find a path to being a human again. 

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Eating disorder and Emotional abuse

bookishcori's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Body shaming and Emotional abuse

Minor: Addiction, Child abuse, and Abortion