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Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner

123 reviews

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

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

Minor: Infidelity and Religious bigotry

ravenph's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Alcoholism and Racism

rene_reads02's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

If I could give this book 10 stars I would! It was so deeply emotional, and gut-wrenchingly heart warming. It gives you a deep sense of appreciation for culture, and the importance of loving those near to you while they’re still here.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Infidelity and Addiction

Minor: Xenophobia and Racism

thundrflap's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer and Death of parent

Moderate: Racism, Physical abuse, and Abortion

mayadelaine's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

4.75

Zauner will have you crying through every chapter. Emotionally exhausting but meaningfully reflective on mother-daughter relationships and on connection to culture.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Terminal illness, Alcoholism, Xenophobia, and Racism

aformeracceleratedreader's review against another edition

reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

I really enjoyed and related to this. I'm also mixed Asian with an Asian immigrant mother so the love/relationship in the book is very similar to my own with my mom. My mom also told my sisters and me a very big secret/life event that shook us and reminded us that we dont know our mom like we think we do like the author's mom telling the author her secret. I also strongly related with the discussion of identity and the struggles of not being seen as enough. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Racism, and Alcohol

bashsbooks's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

A love letter to the complicated relationship between mother and child, Crying in H Mart navigates the grief of losing loved ones and the grief of being disconnected from your culture. Zauner has an incredible and strong voice, ripe with unique observations and striking linguistic choices. And tracing these emotion and relationships through food? Brilliant. 

Now I'm going to listen to Japanese Breakfast's Psychopomp.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Racism

Minor: Blood, Body shaming, Car accident, Infidelity, and Vomit

ennilepo's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Moderate: Cancer

Minor: Racism

divyareads's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death of parent, Racism, and Child abuse

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