Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner

68 reviews

rayinbooks's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Moderate: Medical trauma, Suicidal thoughts, Chronic illness, and Terminal illness

eatingbrains's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

2.5

I don't even really know what to say, but I will try to put something about the reading experience into words.

It was alright.  I teared up a few times.  The descriptions of food were verbose and evocative, sometimes excessively so.  I love Maangchi.

This is a story of grief and mourning, of finding your identity and how it changes as you grow, relationships and connections.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cancer, Death of parent, Grief, Medical content, Medical trauma, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Alcohol, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Death, Excrement, and Fatphobia

Minor: Abortion, Body shaming, Drug use, Addiction, Suicidal thoughts, Bullying, Car accident, Confinement, Cultural appropriation, Eating disorder, Religious bigotry, Emotional abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, and Sexism

imaginaryisobel's review against another edition

inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, and Addiction

Minor: Infidelity and Abortion

httponyo's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

 The world is divided into those who have felt pain and those who have not. Michelle and I fit into the former,  so I supposed that's why I had to put my phone done a few times to brawl my eyes out. Losing a parent is stressful,  it's hard and it breaks you and forces you to rebuild yourself into a person they will at least semi recognize. 

 At one point I wasn't quite sure if I could finish this book , it hurt to remember my own pain , but it was cathartic to read and I glad I didn't give up. 

  This is a beautiful book. Mrs. Zauner , I hope you find more and more happiness in H Mart. 

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Terminal illness, and Death of parent

Moderate: Alcohol and Car accident

Minor: Drug abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Drug use, and Infidelity

thestoriesjar's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Cancer

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Abortion

milliemark's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Cancer, and Grief

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

sierrabedwell's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

I have never been truly interested in memoirs, but this one had been trending and I am happy that I picked it up. It was sad to hear about the story of her mother’s cancer diagnosis leading to her death, but it was a very inspiring story. Through her grief, the author shared intimate parts of herself through music, culture, her ancestry, and mostly food. I liked learning about Korean culture through this book and it was a nice change of genre.

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Content Warnings

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

muravyevaa's review

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Death of parent, Terminal illness, and Suicidal thoughts

toffishay's review

emotional reflective medium-paced

4.5

A beautiful, emotional memoir about family and turmoil and loss and grief. I cried as my stomach growled reading about the delicious food that held so many memories. Our lives are these complicated tapestries of feelings and events. What an honor to read this exercise in exploring a life.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Alcohol, Medical content, Excrement, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, and Vomit

Minor: Dysphoria, Addiction, Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Car accident, Violence, Xenophobia, Abortion, and Mental illness

magpie_'s review

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Death of parent, Medical content, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Vomit, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Drug use, Drug abuse, Death, and Chronic illness

Minor: Toxic relationship, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, Racism, and Abortion