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Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner

90 reviews

robinks's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

What a beautiful memoir and testament to Zauner’s mother’s life. As a fellow mixed-race individual, Zauner’s desire to connect to her Korean heritage is so relatable. It was also so wonderful to hear the book spoken by the author herself.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Alcoholism, Car accident, and Medical content

Minor: Drug use, Racism, Abortion, Body shaming, and Infidelity

sapphotoni's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

sad 🥲

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Alcohol, Car accident, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Fatphobia, Excrement, and Vomit

mirandyli's review against another edition

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

imaginaryisobel's review

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

lindsaymcneely's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Terminal illness, and Death of parent

Minor: Infidelity, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Body shaming

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

marippe's review against another edition

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

lizziaha's review against another edition

4.25

do not read this book hungry. the way dauber describes food had me literally salivating. tucked between scenes of love and strife and grief with her mother, the food was the real star of the show for me, and I was impressed by this clear through line that lingers in every inclusion to this book.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Addiction

Minor: Infidelity, Abortion, and Car accident

nursebecks's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Infidelity, and Cancer

Minor: Abortion

takarakei's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

4.5

A deeply personal memoir about mother/daughter relationships, and being an Asian American balancing two cultures. Michelle's relationship with her mother (and father) is very complicated. Much of the book deals with her mother's battle with cancer (check full TW!). Those of Asian and particularly Korean heritage will find many cultural comforts, especially when it comes to Korean food descriptions. The art teacher passage/letter wrecked me. Being a fan of Japanese Breakfast, I never knew their first album was a picture of Michelle's mom and that she wrote some of the songs for her.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Mental illness and Excrement

Minor: Addiction, Racism, Alcoholism, Abortion, Infidelity, and Car accident

This book focuses very heavily on Michelle's mother's battle with cancer, and the struggle of caretaking through terminal illness. Michelle has a sometimes contentious relationship with both her parents. Her father deals with substance abuse issues.