Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner

144 reviews

daniofthewood's review against another edition

hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Alcoholism, Car accident, Drug use, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical content

Minor: Abortion, Addiction, Body shaming, and Racism

emfield's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Alcoholism, and Cancer

Minor: Addiction, Car accident, Abortion, Suicidal thoughts, and Excrement

kaylaswhitmore's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

I may just be biased, since I am also a Korean-American woman who grew up in Eugene, Oregon…but this memoir is certainly a gift to all who read it, and especially children of Asian immigrants. Words can’t quite describe the bizarre, surreal experience I had reading Michelle’s recollections. In between reeling emotionally from the similarities between her mother and my own, I would find myself blinking as familiar staples of my Eugene hometown popped up on every other page. Though my childhood and relationship to my mother is still quite different from Michelle’s, there were still so many things that struck me as familiar—like a funhouse mirror. Her use of emotion to paint such vivid pictures of the intangible truly drew me in and held me from the very first chapter. Someday, when the ache of her loss and the fear of losing my own mother fades, I will return to this book and reread it anew. For now, I’ll sit here in silence for a bit and cry lol.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Fatphobia, Grief, Terminal illness, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Medical trauma, Medical content, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Cursing, Car accident, Infidelity, and Body shaming

Minor: Vomit

binkramos's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Abortion, Car accident, and Suicidal thoughts

donnanoble's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Alcoholism and Addiction

Minor: Abortion and Car accident

tezariah's review against another edition

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Car accident, Death, Grief, Death of parent, and Alcohol

arsmithwick19's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death of parent, and Death

Moderate: Addiction

holmanlclaire's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer and Death of parent

Moderate: Addiction

cturn's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Alcohol, Cancer, Car accident, Medical content, Grief, Mental illness, and Death of parent

Moderate: Car accident, Drug use, Addiction, Racism, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Vomit

cookieclutter's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

100% recommend the audiobook, as narrated by the author. I prefer reading memoirs this way especially if the author is the narrator as it adds a personal touch to the reading experience. It also helps with hearing how words are pronounced.

Zauner beautifully explores the mother-daughter relationship through the lens of a multiethnic family. As a second-gen immigrant & person of mixed ethnicity, I found myself relating a lot to Zauner, especially in the last two chapters. The emphasis on food served so much more to the story than just a way to make readers hungry. I often found myself craving the foods described while also experiencing the emotions felt by the author in each chapter. If you're searching for a food memoir with a bit of everything, consider checking out "Crying in H-Mart".

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, and Cancer

Moderate: Medical content

Minor: Alcohol, Abortion, Addiction, Racial slurs, Racism, Alcoholism, and Child abuse