undecidedpersonality's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Medical content, Alcohol, Excrement, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Car accident, Death, Death of parent, Cancer, Terminal illness, Medical trauma, Vomit, and Chronic illness
Moderate: Alcoholism, Blood, Child death, and Violence
Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt
bashsbooks's review against another edition
4.5
Now I'm going to listen to Japanese Breakfast's Psychopomp.
Graphic: Death, Terminal illness, Death of parent, Medical trauma, Grief, Cancer, and Medical content
Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Racism
Minor: Blood, Body shaming, Car accident, Infidelity, and Vomit
maddiet425's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Death of parent
Minor: Gore, Vomit, Blood, Abortion, Alcoholism, and Car accident
taroroot's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Grief, Medical content, Cancer, and Death of parent
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Blood, and Drug use
Minor: Emotional abuse
kalemottison's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Terminal illness, Cancer, Medical content, Mental illness, Grief, Car accident, Death, Death of parent, Blood, Chronic illness, and Medical trauma
Moderate: Drug abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Drug use, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Mental illness
Minor: Abortion, Racism, and Bullying
gabriella_'s review against another edition
5.0
A lot of this book I personally resonated with. While I am not Korean, the mother-daughter bonding, themes of feeling disconnected from culture, grief, and transcending love of food hit very hard. Zauner finds a way to bring a personal story up and close to the reader. She has a way with words.
I can’t express how grateful I am to read this book. It feels like a warm hug. I hope anyone who has struggled with grief, especially those who mourn a mom or motherly figure, walk away from this book with even a shred of comfort. There is so much I want to say, so much thanks I want to pay the author for being as vulnerable as she was. And so much I want to thank her for, for expressing how painful her journey has been.
Some lines of this book really stuck with me, and I’ll end this review with one that made me audibly sob.
When one person collapses, the other instinctively shoulders their weight.
Graphic: Vomit, Alcohol, Car accident, Death, Death of parent, Terminal illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcoholism, Blood, Mental illness, Grief, and Cancer
Moderate: Cursing
hanbuckley19's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Death, Grief, Death of parent, Terminal illness, and Cancer
Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Addiction
Minor: Car accident and Blood
kcelena's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Blood, Racial slurs, Car accident, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death of parent, Drug use, Alcohol, Cancer, Death, Racism, Terminal illness, Grief, Infidelity, and Medical content
Moderate: Abortion
handful_of_frogs's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Cancer, Death, Death of parent, Grief, and Medical content
Moderate: Abortion, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Car accident, Terminal illness, and Vomit
Minor: Racism
skylaturner's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Cancer, Grief, Terminal illness, Medical content, Blood, Death of parent, Death, Excrement, and Vomit
Moderate: Car accident and Addiction