A review by amsq
Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

I found the writing of Crying in H Mart very compelling. Michelle Zauner described everything with a charming amount of detail and it made the book feel like an honest confession of her life. As a POC I loved the amount of time she afforded to her culture, and specifically in her descriptions of food (a love language for many people). In addition, I liked that in the majority of the book Zauner switched from different points in her life, linking them through themes rather than time. This felt like an organic way to discover more about Zauner. The few aspects of the book that faltered for me were the few moments of repetition where she would reuse an old image with similar effect (but none were particularly long) and, whilst not necessarily negative, I noticed a change in pace during the later chapters (this may have perhaps simply been a product of the more somber tone).
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