Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner

149 reviews

machenn's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Cancer, Alcohol, Death, and Grief

joisaddler's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Addiction, Alcohol, Cancer, Death, Death of parent, and Medical content

scmiller's review against another edition

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Cancer, Death of parent, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Terminal illness, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Body horror, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Vomit

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Abortion, Bullying, Car accident, Drug use, Racism, Addiction, Drug abuse, Excrement, Fatphobia, and Mental illness

Minor: Infidelity and Religious bigotry

iheartapolloxxi's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

A personal and comforting memoir that focuses on maternity, artistry, and culture. Zauner shares a tender story that a wide variety of readers can relate to. Her articulate nature creates a delicate narration, adding value and substance to the  narrative. One of the best works of literature I’ve picked up in a long time.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Car accident

seventhswan's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

3.5

This was not a bad book at all and I have nothing but empathy for everything Zauner went through in this memoir. I can't really explain why I struggled to connect with it - it was well-written and has clearly been very successful with most readers, which I'm glad about! I think for me, I prefer memoirs that recount a very unusual experience or provide a very new perspective on things, whereas as difficult as the loss of a loved one is, and as much as I wish nobody ever had to go through it, the emotions and processes Zauner describes going through make perfect, obvious sense. That doesn't mean I wouldn't recommend it, or that I think Zauner shouldn't have bothered writing it, or that I think she owes anyone a more dramatic story. But it does mean I don't think this book was aimed at me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Cancer, and Medical content

Moderate: Child abuse

Minor: Abortion and Alcohol

undecidedpersonality's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Alcohol, Excrement, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Car accident, Death, Death of parent, Cancer, Terminal illness, Medical trauma, Vomit, and Chronic illness

Moderate: Alcoholism, Blood, Child death, and Violence

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

rhi_reading's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

A beautiful, heartbreaking memoir on the illness and loss of Michelle’s mother, intricately woven with her relationship with Korean food and  her own identity, and how all these three things combine to become one. I listened to this as an audiobook and I’m sure more than one person has seen me waiting at a red light ugly sobbing over my steering wheel. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Mental illness, Physical abuse, and Alcohol

Minor: Abortion

thisbookrox's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

4.5

such a touching story. i really resonated with the mother daughter relationship and how it evolved over time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Alcoholism and Drug abuse

erinreadsbooks's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Drug use, Alcohol, Grief, Infidelity, Car accident, Abortion, Death, Excrement, Death of parent, and Medical content

aformeracceleratedreader's review against another edition

reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

I really enjoyed and related to this. I'm also mixed Asian with an Asian immigrant mother so the love/relationship in the book is very similar to my own with my mom. My mom also told my sisters and me a very big secret/life event that shook us and reminded us that we dont know our mom like we think we do like the author's mom telling the author her secret. I also strongly related with the discussion of identity and the struggles of not being seen as enough. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Racism, and Alcohol