Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner

488 reviews

jjb21's review against another edition

dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

3.5

Beautifully written. Very sad in places. Makes you think about the importance of family. Love the food descriptions.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Terminal illness, Death of parent, and Death

Minor: Abortion

abbycole's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Car accident

Minor: Drug abuse, Abortion, Addiction, and Drug use

aformeracceleratedreader's review against another edition

reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

I really enjoyed and related to this. I'm also mixed Asian with an Asian immigrant mother so the love/relationship in the book is very similar to my own with my mom. My mom also told my sisters and me a very big secret/life event that shook us and reminded us that we dont know our mom like we think we do like the author's mom telling the author her secret. I also strongly related with the discussion of identity and the struggles of not being seen as enough. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Racism, and Alcohol

prog51's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

tbd24's review

emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

truly lovely

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Content Warnings

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

pseudolain's review

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Abortion

Minor: Car accident

kazino's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

I finished this book on a flight back from Seoul, South Korea. It was the first time I had ever visited the country my family is from, and it was the perfect thing to wrap it all up. 

Crying in H Mart is a raw, unflinching memoir that tackles themes of identity, grief, and family. Though my experiences don't mirror Zauner's exactly, she puts into words many of the emotions I have grappled with as a "gyopo" or foreign-born Korean. Like Zauner, food was the strongest connection to my culture throughout my childhood. I didn't grow up speaking my mother('s) tongue and felt both too American to fit in with my Korean family and too Korean to fit in with my American peers. Elements of Zauner's relationship with her mother echoed my own as well. My mother and I frequently found ourselves at odds, especially during middle school. After facing an incident that nearly cost my mother her life, we managed to repair and improve our relationship. I am lucky to still have her by my side today. 

Never have I felt more seen by a book. Never has a book resonated with me this much. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Abortion

kaynova's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

I wish I could put into words how beautiful this book was and how much I wish I could tell Michelle that she's stronger than a lot of us to share a piece of her grief with the world, but right now, all I can say is this was a book for all the BIPOC children who have become adults and are finally seeing their parents in a different light.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, and Terminal illness

bashsbooks's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

A love letter to the complicated relationship between mother and child, Crying in H Mart navigates the grief of losing loved ones and the grief of being disconnected from your culture. Zauner has an incredible and strong voice, ripe with unique observations and striking linguistic choices. And tracing these emotion and relationships through food? Brilliant. 

Now I'm going to listen to Japanese Breakfast's Psychopomp.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Racism

Minor: Blood, Body shaming, Car accident, Infidelity, and Vomit

askirmishofwit's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Abortion, Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, and Car accident