A review by e_reader
Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

I finished it in a day. It was absolutely heart wrenching; I cried multiple times. It definitely lives up to the hype—I was able to engage with it on such an emotional level, despite the fact that I am not Korean, don’t know any Korean foods, and haven’t been through any of these same experiences. Michelle is such a talented writer that she is able to carry the reader through every experience she has with ease. 

She also skillfully wove a story of her and her mother’s lives. There were many many time jumps explaining past events, and never once was I confused about when we were. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Addiction, Death of parent, Grief, Terminal illness, Medical content, Vomit, Mental illness, Death, Excrement, and Medical trauma

Minor: Infidelity and Abortion