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A review by shelterfromreality
Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
Michelle Zauner takes you on a very emotional journey and I really appreciate it, her depictions of food work like cooking scenes in anime movies, little slices of life that bring you back to earth, this kind of magic.
I’m obsessed with reading non-fiction books read by their authors, did the same with Jennette McCurdy’s I’m Glad My Mom Died and it brings you really close to the story, feels like a long distance call with a friend talking about everything that happened to them lately, which I really enjoy.
Michelle’s writing is as cozy as all the food she’s depicting and I think she comes off as a very sensitive person, talking about her mother without ever blaming her or even excusing her, she’s just telling you her story, a story about how she feels when she enters an H-mart or how she felt getting married.
I really didn’t expect liking this so much but I think it falls a bit short for me, maybe because it’s a memoir and she can’t really invent a new world or make cats talk. However, I do feel like it’s a great book, she shares her experience, that is not an exclusive one, in a very unique way, through her words.
I’m obsessed with reading non-fiction books read by their authors, did the same with Jennette McCurdy’s I’m Glad My Mom Died and it brings you really close to the story, feels like a long distance call with a friend talking about everything that happened to them lately, which I really enjoy.
Michelle’s writing is as cozy as all the food she’s depicting and I think she comes off as a very sensitive person, talking about her mother without ever blaming her or even excusing her, she’s just telling you her story, a story about how she feels when she enters an H-mart or how she felt getting married.
I really didn’t expect liking this so much but I think it falls a bit short for me, maybe because it’s a memoir and she can’t really invent a new world or make cats talk. However, I do feel like it’s a great book, she shares her experience, that is not an exclusive one, in a very unique way, through her words.