Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner

11 reviews

lisa12's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death

mikaylawood's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Vomit

Minor: Animal death, Blood, and Excrement

spellygirl's review against another edition

reflective slow-paced

3.0

It wasn't bad, but from the reviews I've seen I expected a lot more. It was absolutely sad, but I was nowhere near crying or anything like that. There were a lot of descriptions of Korean food, which there were a bit too many of for me personally,

especially the eating live octopus thing.

 The audiobook was decently read, though I sped it up to 1.2, which I doesn't typically do. If you're into the topic and don't mind a lot of food descriptions, I would recommend giving it a try. I felt I learned more about Korean culture, and having issues communicating in your origin country. And of course the cancer journey and stuff, but I knew more about that to begin with. Overall I would probably have liked it better if it wasn't so hyped up and increased my expectations so much. 

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Infidelity, Car accident, Abortion, and Alcohol

kingsteph's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer and Death

Moderate: Toxic relationship and Death of parent

Minor: Animal death, Child abuse, and Rape

iszys's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Cancer, Death, and Death of parent

ashley_turch's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

Not for the faint of heart

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Alcoholism, Racism, Excrement, Car accident, and Abortion

Minor: Animal death

Very heavy and graphic descriptions of parental terminal illness and death. Only animal death is a short description of a squirrel dying

roseltov's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad slow-paced

4.75

This did me in. I listened to the audiobook m, as recommended by a TikTok created or follow, and I’m really glad I did it that way. This book is such a beautiful testament to the relationships it describes. It’s raw and evocative and beautiful. 

On a practical level, as a vegetarian, it was hard to listen to all the seafood descriptions - of which there are a lot. But they are totally integral to the book, and there’s no way it would have been as real without them. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, and Death of parent

Minor: Abortion

miggyfool's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Abortion

rieviolet's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

I can only add to all the praise this memoir has gotten. It was honest, brutal, heartbreaking, mesmerizing, just all-around wonderful. 

I loved the way food was a focal point throughout the narration, how its connection with one's cultural heritage was so strongly and beautifully illustrated. It really prompted me to reflect on the food I've grown up with and its significance for my own selfhood.
The linguist in me also really appreciated the lovely reflections on language and on a mother tongue. 

The writing style was just *chef's kiss*. There were so many passages that I kept re-reading thinking to myself "How could she manage to capture this feeling with such poignant words and turn of phrases?", I was just floored. 

My mother had struggled to understand me just as I struggled to understand her. Thrown as we were on opposite sides of a fault line - generational, cultural, linguistic - we wandered lost without a reference point, each of us unintelligible to the other's expectations, until these past few years when we had just begun to unlock the mystery, carve the psychic space to accommodate each other, appreciate the differences between us, linger in our refracted commonalities. Then, what would have been the most fruitful years of understanding were cut violently short, and I was left alone to decipher the secrets of inheritance without its key. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racism, Violence, Excrement, Vomit, Car accident, and Alcohol

Minor: Addiction, Drug use, Rape, Abortion, and Injury/Injury detail

seanajk's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Car accident, and Death of parent

Moderate: Child abuse, Excrement, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Emotional abuse, and Abortion