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wanderlust_romance's review
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
olekittycat's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Gaslighting
ellaticonstellation's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Cancer, Drug use, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Death of parent, and Gaslighting
jaduhluhdabooks's review against another edition
5.0
It is a reminder of humanity. Of the fealty of this body and this life. And for me - it points me back to the The Lord, which is why I think it's the hardest to read because I wonder where her grief points her. And that is the question I am left with. Grief needs something to hold on to, it can symbiotic or parasitic. I think I will sit with this story for a long time and hope for the best. Because grief and hope can too, coexist. I am the lived reality of that truth.
Graphic: Cancer
Moderate: Cancer and Grief
Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Fatphobia, Abortion, Gaslighting, and Alcohol
naomi_k's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Cancer, Terminal illness, and Death of parent
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Racism, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Grief, and Gaslighting