Reviews tagging 'Xenophobia'

Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner

33 reviews

mirandyli's review

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

Crying in Hmart has got me crying in Hmart. If you are a second gen East Asian immigrant, this book will make you cry. It was so painfully relatable and will make you want to hug your mom, no matter how much you hate her. Book of the year.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Excrement, Abortion, Drug use, Medical content, Misogyny, Cancer, Colonisation, Death, Drug abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, Addiction, Car accident, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Grief, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Infidelity, and Racism

marieqc's review

emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

I finished this book a week ago but I could not bring myself to write a review :-)
this just felt so so close with obviously certain differences but the main thing which is the awareness that your mom is the one you will love the most and the one who will love you the most as well as the person who you'll probably have the most difficult relationship with and the one it takes you years to see as a person just like you, a complete person besides the one thats always being your biggest supporter and critic,,,,, yeah it hit! 
this book, Michelle's story and her feelings were like a little glimpse inside of my mind and my worst fears as well, I was almost crying during 80% of this. I don't think I can accurately judge the narrative or the writing because I feel like I'm critiquing her real feelings and healing process? I saw myself too much on this.

I was also listening to the audiobook that was read by the author so I think that added to the experience 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Terminal illness, and Xenophobia

marippe's review

emotional sad medium-paced

4.5

A very emotional and complex look into a multi-cultured mother-daughter relationship, how it can struggle but also contain so much love, and incredible amount of grief.
This book is very detailed and that helps capture the story and feel like you're living it, but also is very detailed about the stuff I wasn't as interested in. The story's non linear elements, particularly at the start didn't really do it for me.
Overall a really good read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Body horror, Cancer, Xenophobia, Terminal illness, Infidelity, Car accident, Abortion, Death of parent, and Drug abuse

zachxxy's review

dark emotional funny reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

this was gorgeously constructed and devastatingly sad. what really did it for me is that the ending was so good. she could finally let go and live her own life, settle down etc. many predominantly sad books in the minority with happy endings are only the last 2 pages. and that isnt enough for me! i need to bathe in that happiness so I can even and ease out the stress and sadness from before. this one was like over 40 pages and that was super amazing. worth the read

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Minor: Car accident and Xenophobia

sarahuwu's review

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

3.75

Zauner writes in a way that really allows connection with her emotion. If you’ve lost a parent I would highly recommend being in a good headspace before reading this.

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Content Warnings

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

ava_ba's review

challenging dark emotional funny informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

Nami and Peter deserve everything, Kye is going straight to hell

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Medical content, Medical trauma, Death, Chronic illness, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Car accident, and Pregnancy

Minor: Abortion, Xenophobia, Alcoholism, Excrement, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Infidelity

taradoeswriting's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Mental illness, Xenophobia, Racism, and Abortion

anielabooks's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.25

I wan’t expecting to like this book as much as I did. Very touching memoir about the author struggling to figure out her identity as a mixed race person and connecting with her mother’s heritage after her death. The audiobook was narrated by the author herself, and I really appreciated the help to pronounce some of the dish names and Korean words.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Racism, Car accident, and Xenophobia

Minor: Alcohol, Violence, Drug use, Abortion, Excrement, Physical abuse, and Pregnancy

kaisi's review

emotional funny reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Car accident, Alcoholism, Xenophobia, and Racism

Minor: Abortion and Rape

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