Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner

5 reviews

dari206's review against another edition

emotional sad fast-paced

2.0

I really did enjoy parts of this novel. As an Asian American, I understood some of the experiences that Zauner shared. I even live in the PNW, and many of my own cultural practices cross and blend with Korean ones. I think it helped me validate the difficulties that I experienced growing up as an immigrant with immigrant parents. I appreciated her highlighting the realities that resettled folks have to adjust to after moving to the United States. 

My critique is that I was expecting more wisdom from her shared experience. Since Zauner a very popular artist and a biracial race woman, I do appreciate her sharing her story with the world. I am sure many people have had their experiences validated as well. 

What I do not like is that she brushes over how she resolved and did not clearly come to a resolution in regards to the difficult relationship she had with her mother. She says she gave therapy a shot, but only mentioned her sessions and her disliking/aversion to it over a paragraph. While I respect she found resolution by reconnecting with food and YouTuber Maangchi, I feel that this memoir exemplified a terrible path of overcoming the trauma that her mother bestowed upon her. As someone who has had a very difficult relationship with my Asian mother, the novel made me feel inadequate for failing to seek and to repair a relationship with my own. 

I appreciate Zauner and feel sorry for her loss, but this book simply felt like a trauma-dump session that really came with little to no resolution or disclosure. I believe Zauner should’ve taken more time to reflect on her experience and I hope that Asian Americans are able to ultimately seek therapy if they’ve had to endure intergenerational trauma.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Terminal illness, Abortion, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

ka_cam's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad fast-paced

4.5

Moving reflection on grief, family, identity, memory, and people who love deeply and imperfectly. I appreciated her humanizing portrayals of both her parents and her younger self. The food descriptions made me hungry, also! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Misogyny, Racism, Car accident, and Abortion

mattyvreads's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

Zauner’s writing is impeccable: emotional, thought-provoking, witty. The book invites us to partake in her nostalgia for her home, her family, and the Korean dishes that connect her to her mom.

The story is heartbreaking and gorgeous. It is raw.

I enjoyed it immensely. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Racism, Terminal illness, and Death of parent

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Drug abuse, Misogyny, Rape, Medical trauma, Car accident, and Abortion

mirandyli's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

Crying in Hmart has got me crying in Hmart. If you are a second gen East Asian immigrant, this book will make you cry. It was so painfully relatable and will make you want to hug your mom, no matter how much you hate her. Book of the year.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cancer, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexism, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Abortion, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Colonisation

spookily's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Abortion

Minor: Addiction, Drug abuse, Misogyny, Racism, and Vomit