Reviews tagging 'Vomit'

Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner

136 reviews

aubreyrae_m's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.25

I loved the memoir-style of the book! Reading about someone’s life through this medium was truly eye opening. The ending was a little slow, and I felt like could have reflected back to the author’s challenges at the beginning of the book more. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Vomit

sfstefanie's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

Rich, complicated and beautiful tribute to mother/daughter bond

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Death of parent

town_scar's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Addiction, Infidelity, Vomit, and Alcohol

Minor: Abortion

floatwiththesticks's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad

4.0

As a memoir writer myself, I know first hand just how cathartic this must have been to write. It's a gorgeous book, and a rich, scintillating account of food and maternal bonds. Some chapters perhaps could have been edited it down a tad, but the overall effect was lovely. Sad and lovely. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer and Death of parent

Moderate: Vomit

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

laurajordensharris's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cancer, Cursing, Death, Terminal illness, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Abortion, Death of parent, and Alcohol

annaonthepage's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Death, Fatphobia, Racism, Sexism, and Xenophobia

Minor: Alcoholism and Vomit

_mininbooks_'s review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Terminal illness, and Vomit

Minor: Abortion

wanderlust_romance's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

Food as a connection vehicle to culture and memory is one of my very favorite concepts. And Crying in H Mart explores this with nuance throughout the narrative. Standing in an overly bright grocery aisle surrounded by endless packages of ramyun; assaulted by the scents of banchan in the refrigerated section; struggling to recall her mother's preferred brand of soy or fish sauce among a sea of choices. As Zauner vividly recounts the heart breaking and gut wrenching realities of caring for their terminally ill mother until her death, they provide care through their mother's favored Korean foods. Prior to their mother's illness and the fraught relationship during their teenage and early adult years, Zauner employs food to dive into memories of eating, care, extended family, and travel. If you are also interested in the complexities of "mother wounds," Crying in H Mart reflects on this with multi-faceted emotions. It's complicated and messy and hurtful and loving all at once.

Crying in H Mart also reflects thoughtfully on identity, as Zauner grapples with grief and their Korean-ness as a biracial person. Contemplating broad questions such as: Am I Korean enough? How do I connect with my Korean culture and relatives when the critical person who used to guide me through it is gone? How can I voice these reflections to my surviving parent? Will they even understand? Unmoored in a sea of grief, Zauner turns to cooking Korean dishes as a form of therapy/coping mechanism. Diligently following the recipes and instructions of YouTube star Maangchi, Zauner finds comfort in making the dishes and banchan her mother favored. (I loved this as a fellow Maangchi fan who watches her channel and cooks from her cookbooks <3)

The writing is vivid and lyrical, but at times difficult to follow on audio as it veered into stream of consciousness territory.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Alcoholism, Vomit, Medical content, and Gaslighting

Minor: Body shaming

morganniemarie's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Terminal illness, and Vomit