Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner

149 reviews

lindsaymcneely's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Terminal illness, and Death of parent

Minor: Infidelity, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Body shaming

httponyo's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

 The world is divided into those who have felt pain and those who have not. Michelle and I fit into the former,  so I supposed that's why I had to put my phone done a few times to brawl my eyes out. Losing a parent is stressful,  it's hard and it breaks you and forces you to rebuild yourself into a person they will at least semi recognize. 

 At one point I wasn't quite sure if I could finish this book , it hurt to remember my own pain , but it was cathartic to read and I glad I didn't give up. 

  This is a beautiful book. Mrs. Zauner , I hope you find more and more happiness in H Mart. 

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Terminal illness, and Death of parent

Moderate: Alcohol and Car accident

Minor: Drug abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Drug use, and Infidelity

cepbreed's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

I hate this book. It’s even worse that it’s a memoir, this is her actual life and yet I’m imparting all of my painful feelings onto her family. Michelle Zauner has crafted a story that has forced me to become both daughter and mother, a dangerous evolution for me, a daughter who is so single minded. I knew I would relate very rawly to her experience. I mean how could I not. I’m a half Korean half white girl born and raised in America whose connections to her heritage and mother are never good enough. That speaks for the daughter side of it all, but seeing Zauner take on the primary caregiver role for an extremely chronically ill person has put me entirely in my mother’s shoes. Obviously I didn’t die, but I was nearly there. I hated myself so much, for being so sickly, so full of hatred, so ugly, so weak, but my mother stood witness to it all. She absorbed my pain and never let hers show. Zauner’s words have cut deep into old scars and torn my heart in two. This memoir is everything to me and I’ll never be the same. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Abortion, Addiction, Alcoholism, and Alcohol

Minor: Child abuse, Excrement, Car accident, and Vomit

liv_txt's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Alcohol, Grief, Car accident, Abortion, and Alcoholism

jacquy's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer and Death of parent

Minor: Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Drug abuse

sierrabowers's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

I have never been truly interested in memoirs, but this one had been trending and I am happy that I picked it up. It was sad to hear about the story of her mother’s cancer diagnosis leading to her death, but it was a very inspiring story. Through her grief, the author shared intimate parts of herself through music, culture, her ancestry, and mostly food. I liked learning about Korean culture through this book and it was a nice change of genre.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Car accident, Death, Death of parent, Medical content, Grief, Terminal illness, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, and Cancer

ava_ba's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

Nami and Peter deserve everything, Kye is going straight to hell

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Medical content, Medical trauma, Death, Chronic illness, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Car accident, and Pregnancy

Minor: Abortion, Xenophobia, Alcoholism, Excrement, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Infidelity

anielabooks's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.25

I wan’t expecting to like this book as much as I did. Very touching memoir about the author struggling to figure out her identity as a mixed race person and connecting with her mother’s heritage after her death. The audiobook was narrated by the author herself, and I really appreciated the help to pronounce some of the dish names and Korean words.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Racism, Car accident, and Xenophobia

Minor: Alcohol, Violence, Drug use, Abortion, Excrement, Physical abuse, and Pregnancy

toffishay's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

4.5

A beautiful, emotional memoir about family and turmoil and loss and grief. I cried as my stomach growled reading about the delicious food that held so many memories. Our lives are these complicated tapestries of feelings and events. What an honor to read this exercise in exploring a life.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Alcohol, Medical content, Excrement, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, and Vomit

Minor: Dysphoria, Addiction, Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Car accident, Violence, Xenophobia, Abortion, and Mental illness

annatroughton's review against another edition

inspiring sad fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Alcoholism, Racism, and Alcohol