Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner

95 reviews

lizbefann's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Death and Mental illness

Minor: Alcoholism and Car accident

marena02's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

Zauner has a unique way of relating real life experiences to the art of making Korean dishes. It’s what kept me reading. Her food descriptions were good enough to make me hungry. Touching on the topics of grief, loss, mommy (and daddy) issues, generational trauma, identity, and culture while still managing to keep the book feeling light and an easy read isn’t something most can do, but she did. I like how she was able to touch on her issues with her mom growing up and how that came full circle with how she learned to grieve her mother. Her being able to understand the cultural lessons her mom was trying to teach her as a kid and seeing how they pertain to her life as an adult after her mom passes and finally being able to get a sense of who she is…just brilliant. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Cursing, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

mic0814's review against another edition

dark reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Mental illness

the_true_monroe's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, and Death of parent

Moderate: Body shaming, Infidelity, Racism, Xenophobia, and Vomit

Minor: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Abortion, and Abandonment

katekatiekait's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer and Death of parent

Moderate: Alcoholism and Alcohol

Minor: Infidelity, Mental illness, and Abortion

celticthistle's review against another edition

dark emotional funny informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

Beautiful story about Korean/American woman relationship with mother.  Language barriers & navigating adult work/ life balance 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Body horror, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, and Death of parent

imds's review against another edition

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cancer, Mental illness, Racism, Terminal illness, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, and Death of parent

Minor: Addiction and Abortion

tganesh's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective medium-paced

5.0

Brilliant book. My favorite memoir by far and I loved it so much. Psychopomp means so much to me now. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness and Death of parent

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Mental illness

Minor: Rape and Abortion

Brief mentions of rape and abortion, more detailed expressions of emotional abuse, book centers around terminal illness and death of a parent

madisonthacker's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

3.75

Wonderful, touching story of grief, maternal love, third culture kids, and how the food we love connects all of it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Mental illness, Racism, Terminal illness, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, and Death of parent

Moderate: Vomit and Cultural appropriation

Don’t read if you don’t want to be hungry.

claire_reardon's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

3.0

I’ve been curious about this one for a long time and it was what I was expecting. A lot of grief and a lot of food.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, and Death of parent