Reviews tagging 'Xenophobia'

Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner

55 reviews

annaonthepage's review

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Death, Fatphobia, Racism, Sexism, and Xenophobia

Minor: Alcoholism and Vomit

cry1ng_eel's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

Wow, wow, wow!

To read this book in a day makes me feel like I did it a disservice, as if I really needed to take my time with it. And yet, I also could not put it down.

As an Asian-American myself (Filipino-Chinese), I have never felt so heard and seen from each experience that Zauner had so deeply described. From going down the grocery isle and reading the ingredients off of a packaging, or listening in to conversations in a language that I have yet to learn completely; her love for her mother is so deep and relatable, it made me miss my own mom even more so despite being in the same house as her.

Struggling with my Asian-American identity didn’t come to me until my late high school years, I was privileged to have been included in a community, and grew up around people who were Filipino. And despite, later on that I struggled with if I was Filipino enough? It was my mom who kept our culture alive, and gods did it make me appreciate the life my mother gave me even more so. I cry thinking about this book, and hope to return to it again and again.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Death of parent

Moderate: Infidelity, Xenophobia, and Medical trauma

phrogen's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective relaxing sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Fatphobia and Xenophobia

edamamebean's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad

5.0

I’m so glad I finally picked this book up. Michelle Zauner tells her story in such a beautifully simple and frank way and then suddenly drops in a detail that guts you. I’m not sure it’s possible to read this book without getting emotional. The audiobook is read by the author and added to the emotional impact of the story as well. A tough read, but worth it. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Addiction, Infidelity, Abortion, and Alcohol

dark_matter_07's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Cancer, Death, Emotional abuse, Terminal illness, Excrement, Medical content, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug use, Vomit, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Xenophobia, Car accident, and Abortion

mondayn's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cancer, Death, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Medical content, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Domestic abuse

Minor: Alcoholism, Xenophobia, and Alcohol

There is intimate, horrified handling of a dead body

You will get several Korean recipes lodged into prose

flamesocks's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Moderate: Abortion

llams's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

what an amazing and honest ode to her mother and korean food. it felt honest and gut wrenchingly real

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, Cancer, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Gore, Infidelity, Racial slurs, Racism, Terminal illness, Xenophobia, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Abortion

rachelfayreads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Death of parent

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, and Xenophobia

ka_schulze's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Death of parent

Moderate: Racism, Toxic relationship, and Xenophobia