A review by mya_jt
Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner

challenging emotional sad slow-paced

4.0

For some reason, I did not have any clue what this book was going to be about. Completely ignoring the title, evidently, I thought I was going into a humorous, lighthearted story, about grocery shopping or something. Rather, if you're unsure about its topic, as I was, "Crying" is definitely the key word. {I cried many times myself, just experiencing this story secondhand.} It is about a difficult relationship and losing someone close to you. So close to you, they're really a part of you. It is so personal, it is difficult to even explain. I really felt the author's pain. It was quite the experience. I would recommend it to: anyone looking for emotions, humanity, vulnerability, something about the world, reflections on an interesting (in my opinion ofc) life, a complicated mother-daughter relationship, a story both of community and isolation, someone to tell you something deep, to draw tears from your eyes and feeling from your cold dead heart, someone to grieve with, someone to sing with, or someone to teach you about comfort food. This is a good choice for you, I swear.
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