Reviews tagging 'Chronic illness'

Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner

119 reviews

town_scar's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Addiction, Infidelity, Vomit, and Alcohol

Minor: Abortion

kelisabeth's review against another edition

It's too triggering right now

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Blood, and Death of parent

gremlin_98's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Alcoholism, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, and Medical content

risquish's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness and Death of parent

bbethcasas's review against another edition

emotional funny sad medium-paced

5.0

A beautiful, honest remembrance of the author’s difficult relationship with her mother. I was so able to relate on multiple levels, initially able to see my relationship with my daughter growing up, while later seeing more parallels with my own mother and myself reflected in the pages of the book. Don’t sleep on this somewhat under appreciated memoir. You’ll definitely need Kleenex! 

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Content Warnings

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

catrocketship's review against another edition

I don’t think I can keep reading in beautiful detail the ravages of cancer on a body. 

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Content Warnings

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

sarahbroccoli's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Chronic illness, Terminal illness, and Death of parent

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

claire_reardon's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

3.0

I’ve been curious about this one for a long time and it was what I was expecting. A lot of grief and a lot of food.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, and Death of parent

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