A review by kahell
Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner

3.0

The first chapter was amazing. How it captured the particularities of grief and how it's revived by the most mundane things - the taste of your mom's cooking, an everyday place that reminds you of them, the interaction of strangers. I can see how a book deal came out of that poignant and heartfelt essay, and am glad for Michelle Zauner for whatever catharsis writing the book might have brought her. The rest of the book, though, fails to live up to that first chapter. It's possible I'm just being insensible, as I'm in that camp that, fortunately, has not yet experienced the kind of grief depicted in the book. Still worth a read if you're interested in either the author or the book.