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annaonthepage's review against another edition
4.0
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
4.0
Graphic: Death, Terminal illness, and Vomit
Minor: Abortion
wanderlust_romance's review against another edition
4.25
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.
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
3.0
Graphic: Death, Terminal illness, and Vomit
celticthistle's review against another edition
4.0
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
madisonthacker's review against another edition
3.75
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.dark_matter_07's review
5.0
Graphic: Addiction, Cancer, Death, Emotional abuse, Terminal illness, Excrement, Medical content, Grief, and Death of parent
Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug use, Vomit, and Religious bigotry
Minor: Xenophobia, Car accident, and Abortion
lauraelovesbooks's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Cancer, Terminal illness, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Emotional abuse and Vomit
agathajanemaud1908's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Cancer, Terminal illness, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, and Death of parent
linearev's review against another edition
4.75
However, I was not in the slightest, ready, for the heavy hitting force of the fact, that this is a self biography. A portrait of no the the Korean minority in USA but also of a complicated relationship between a mother and daughter. A generational tradition of complicated love and amazing food. It introduces the reader to the inner workings of someone who is both rather relatable as she is partly American, yet also somewhat astranged (from someone who grew up so differently). And yet, the brilliance of her writing reveals itself by letting us into her Korean side and guiding us through that world. It left me feeling both entertained yet also more knowledgeable each time I finished a chapter. Because somehow she balanced this complicated self portrait with humor which created the sort of entertainment often found in fictional books.
All to say that this was very good. It sort of reminds me of the new and popular “I’m glad my mom died” which ironically takes the opposite stance of the maternal relation between the main people, yet left me with the same feeling of stepping out of the life of someone compelling and complicated. I liked it enormously and hope to read more from her soon.
Graphic: Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, and Death of parent