Reviews tagging 'Miscarriage'

Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner

11 reviews

jenna0818's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

As a mixed race Asian American, a fellow daughter of an Asian mom and white dad, this book hit so close to home.  For anyone grieving a loss, Michelle’s descriptions of the throes of grief will resonate, but particularly with people who may have had a difficult relationship with their parent. 

For anyone ready to make fun of 2nd gen Asian Americans, our honest reflections on smelly lunches, cut fruit, language barriers…. This is the book to put into context the struggle of being mixed race, latching onto other people to hold our identity, not being accepted or fitting in anywhere. There are many experiences of being Asian American, but being mixed, this one rings the truest to me, and means so much to be put into words and proliferated for the world to read in Michelle’s words.

This book has me agonizing about the identity crisis I will inevitably have about my Asianness when my own mother dies, but if that happens, I will take solace in rereading this book. Thank you Michelle for sharing your vulnerability and candor as you relieved navigating these times in your memoir. It means so much, especially to other Asian girls caught in the same struggles. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Death of parent

Minor: Miscarriage

chireadsandchill's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Miscarriage, Terminal illness, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body shaming, Child death, Infidelity, and Abortion

Minor: Rape, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts

rwinchesterm's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer

Moderate: Death and Grief

Minor: Alcoholism and Miscarriage

lucimolri's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

3.0

3. No conozco de nada a la autora pero me ha gustando bastante! Se me ha hecho un poco pesado por el final, pero por lo general ha estado bien. Buena narración e historia interesante 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cancer, Death, Medical trauma, and Death of parent

Moderate: Miscarriage and Car accident

marianaribeiro's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Cancer, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Terminal illness, Medical content, Car accident, Abortion, and Death of parent

stefhany's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cancer, Death, Miscarriage, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, and Death of parent

my_forest_library's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Miscarriage, Medical content, and Medical trauma

8runaduarte's review against another edition

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

5.0

This book was like a therapy session to me. I saw my experiences, my fears, my traumas and my hopes in Michelle’s writing. I’ll keep it close, I know I’ll come back to it often.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer and Death

Minor: Miscarriage and Car accident

sarahsreadinglist's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

I’m not normally one for memoirs, but this has been on the TBR for a while, and it did not disappoint. This  book was heart-wrenching. It focuses on the complicated relationship the author, a half-Korean half-white American woman, has/had with her deceased Korean mother. If you’re an Asian American woman with mommy issues, a daughter of an immigrant family, a mixed person struggling with their identity, a person who has lost a loved one to cancer, or anyone else looking for an emotional read and an insight into the experiences of any of these groups, this is the book for you.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Racism, and Death of parent

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Mental illness, Xenophobia, and Car accident

Minor: Infidelity and Miscarriage

kunma's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

The only problem I have with this book is that the author describes every plate of food mentioned and its ingredients. As I'm not Korean and don't know anything about Korean food I wasn't interested in reading the name of groceries I couldn't picture.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Terminal illness, and Death of parent

Moderate: Xenophobia

Minor: Miscarriage and Car accident