Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner

9 reviews

spellygirl's review against another edition

reflective slow-paced

3.0

It wasn't bad, but from the reviews I've seen I expected a lot more. It was absolutely sad, but I was nowhere near crying or anything like that. There were a lot of descriptions of Korean food, which there were a bit too many of for me personally,

especially the eating live octopus thing.

 The audiobook was decently read, though I sped it up to 1.2, which I doesn't typically do. If you're into the topic and don't mind a lot of food descriptions, I would recommend giving it a try. I felt I learned more about Korean culture, and having issues communicating in your origin country. And of course the cancer journey and stuff, but I knew more about that to begin with. Overall I would probably have liked it better if it wasn't so hyped up and increased my expectations so much. 

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Infidelity, Abortion, Alcoholism, Car accident, Animal cruelty, Alcohol, and Animal death

kingsteph's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer and Death

Moderate: Death of parent and Toxic relationship

Minor: Rape, Child abuse, and Animal death

iszys's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Cancer, Death, and Animal death

ashley_turch's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

Not for the faint of heart

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Cancer, Child abuse, Death of parent, Medical content, Death, and Vomit

Moderate: Excrement, Abortion, Alcoholism, Car accident, and Racism

Minor: Animal death

Very heavy and graphic descriptions of parental terminal illness and death. Only animal death is a short description of a squirrel dying

roseltov's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad slow-paced

4.75

This did me in. I listened to the audiobook m, as recommended by a TikTok created or follow, and I’m really glad I did it that way. This book is such a beautiful testament to the relationships it describes. It’s raw and evocative and beautiful. 

On a practical level, as a vegetarian, it was hard to listen to all the seafood descriptions - of which there are a lot. But they are totally integral to the book, and there’s no way it would have been as real without them. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death of parent, and Death

Minor: Abortion

miggyfool's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Addiction, Animal death, Body horror, Cancer, Car accident, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Grief, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit

Moderate: Abortion and Emotional abuse

rieviolet's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

I can only add to all the praise this memoir has gotten. It was honest, brutal, heartbreaking, mesmerizing, just all-around wonderful. 

I loved the way food was a focal point throughout the narration, how its connection with one's cultural heritage was so strongly and beautifully illustrated. It really prompted me to reflect on the food I've grown up with and its significance for my own selfhood.
The linguist in me also really appreciated the lovely reflections on language and on a mother tongue. 

The writing style was just *chef's kiss*. There were so many passages that I kept re-reading thinking to myself "How could she manage to capture this feeling with such poignant words and turn of phrases?", I was just floored. 

My mother had struggled to understand me just as I struggled to understand her. Thrown as we were on opposite sides of a fault line - generational, cultural, linguistic - we wandered lost without a reference point, each of us unintelligible to the other's expectations, until these past few years when we had just begun to unlock the mystery, carve the psychic space to accommodate each other, appreciate the differences between us, linger in our refracted commonalities. Then, what would have been the most fruitful years of understanding were cut violently short, and I was left alone to decipher the secrets of inheritance without its key. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Violence, Alcoholism, Car accident, Racism, Child abuse, Death, Physical abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Excrement, Animal death, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, and Vomit

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Drug use, Addiction, Abortion, and Rape

seanajk's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

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

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

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

smaber23's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

This book will make you call your mother more.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Cancer, Drug use, Grief, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Terminal illness, and Vomit

Moderate: Car accident, Cursing, and Medical content

Minor: Animal death, Abandonment, Abortion, Racism, Sexual content, and Xenophobia