Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner

19 reviews

celticthistle's review against another edition

dark emotional funny informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

Beautiful story about Korean/American woman relationship with mother.  Language barriers & navigating adult work/ life balance 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Body horror, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, and Death of parent

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

psellars11's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

5.0

An incredibly poignant memoir, I chose to read this as an audiobook which was narrated by the author herself. It made the book more personal and enjoyable for me. Do not read this if you are triggered by death, cancer, graphic descriptions of grief, and or medical emergencies. I am pretty sensitive to that stuff, but I pushed through and it was worth it.

I didn’t realize Michelle Zauner had written this book - it was always on my list because I am part white and Asian and I thought the discussions of Asian culture and family relationships would be interesting to me. It definitely was, and it really highlights the trauma evident in many Asian households and the rigid relationships parents and children have, especially dealing with their lives in America. Zauner writes so eloquently, touching on many trying and traumatic aspects of growing up biracial in America, from having few friends, to rebelling against Asian culture, to wistfully regretting that rebellion as an adult, and trying to reclaim and recapture that identity again later on. The loss of connection to your Asian family, the desire to be conventionally beautiful in either white or Asian culture, and so on. Additionally, the importance of food is woven throughout, as it’s emblematic of Korean culture and her relationship with her mother.

This book will make you cry. I cried at least 4-5 times when the grief was discussed and her mother’s death. I knew it was inevitable but it still hurt me nonetheless. It was incredibly cathartic and if you are in the right headspace- this is an incredible, touching read. It ended on a positive note highlighting Zauner’s relationship with Peter and their success in their band, Japanese Breakfast. I loved the homage to her mother with the cover of the album too. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Chronic illness, Death, Racism, Terminal illness, and Car accident

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

pandanexpress's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Cancer, Emotional abuse, Terminal illness, Blood, and Death of parent

scmiller's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, Cancer, Death, Terminal illness, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Bullying, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Excrement, Car accident, Abortion, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Infidelity and Religious bigotry

pseudolain's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Abortion

Minor: Car accident

wickedgrumpy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

2.5

I don't even really know what to say, but I will try to put something about the reading experience into words.

It was alright.  I teared up a few times.  The descriptions of food were verbose and evocative, sometimes excessively so.  I love Maangchi.

This is a story of grief and mourning, of finding your identity and how it changes as you grow, relationships and connections.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Death, Fatphobia, and Excrement

Minor: Addiction, Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Abortion, and Cultural appropriation

dani794'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: Body horror, Cancer, Death, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Terminal illness, Xenophobia, Car accident, Abortion, and Death of parent

melissa_b_67's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Alcoholism and Mental illness