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jvickers82's review against another edition
emotional
sad
medium-paced
4.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cancer
leeshahhh's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
medium-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cancer and Death of parent
zoefruitcake's review against another edition
5.0
What a moving book. As a daughter who lost her mother to cancer I could understand her pain completely. The descriptions of food made my mouth water
kteliza28's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
5.0
Absolutely flawless, heartbreaking, beautiful story of love and loss while navigating life. This memoir was so amazing, at the opening line in the audiobook, Michelle’s endearing and earnest voice swept me in and I knew quickly I would love the story. As a self proclaimed “foodie” who also despises the title but still feels its fit, I devoured every morsel of Korean food description. It had my mouth watering. I love Michelle’s connection to her mother and culture through food and how abundantly it was sprinkled throughout this book. I fell in love with Michelle as a person, her struggle, her rebellion. I feel like we would be incredible friends. I cannot say enough good things about this book except that you must read it. Or better yet, listen.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Cancer, and Death of parent
Moderate: Grief
aislinn_mcd_harrison's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
sad
3.75
This was a strangely entrancing book - touching about grief and family. However, for a book many people say is good writing, I found myself skipping over lots of those sections (some were repetitive but it may also be my aversion to meat / animal eating!)
I agree with other reviews that this was probably a perfect long magazine article but is a touch spun out here.
Having said that I would recommend it as a read for anyone who wants to reflect on complex relationships, food as or in culture, or mixed identities, and obviously especially grief
I agree with other reviews that this was probably a perfect long magazine article but is a touch spun out here.
Having said that I would recommend it as a read for anyone who wants to reflect on complex relationships, food as or in culture, or mixed identities, and obviously especially grief
spatterson12's review against another edition
3.0
Well, I made the mistake of choosing a book centered on grief to read around the holidays. I have a tendency to read a synopsis at least six months before reading the book, so it’s all brand new and unexpected by the time I start. Not the best choice with this one.
This one is somewhere around 3.5⭐️ for me. The author says this several times throughout about being a spoiled child, and it feels authentic in her writing. There were moments of jealousy threaded throughout and moments where her priorities were the only ones mentioned. There was no real character building outside the relationship she had with her mom, which is probably the point, but even then, it didn’t really build. A lot of the moments growing up seemed abusive or disconnected, but then there were sprinkles of them getting along and sharing a song together on a car ride.
It was almost the grief was more about what could’ve been, what should’ve been and not so much on the reality of what was. But that’s a type of grief a lot of people can relate to.
This one is somewhere around 3.5⭐️ for me. The author says this several times throughout about being a spoiled child, and it feels authentic in her writing. There were moments of jealousy threaded throughout and moments where her priorities were the only ones mentioned. There was no real character building outside the relationship she had with her mom, which is probably the point, but even then, it didn’t really build. A lot of the moments growing up seemed abusive or disconnected, but then there were sprinkles of them getting along and sharing a song together on a car ride.
It was almost the grief was more about what could’ve been, what should’ve been and not so much on the reality of what was. But that’s a type of grief a lot of people can relate to.