Review by renreads2much - Crying in H Mart

dark sad slow-paced

3.75

Damn I kinda hate that I feel connected to this tbh. About the culture, identidy, and relationships with family (mother) aspect. (Class of 2013 core)

Heavy themes on food and culture along with how they intertwine with our relationships and can bring feelings of comfort. (The descriptions of food is MOUTHWATERING)
Such beautiful and heart breaking descriptions on grief and loss.
Talks a lot about family and close bonds with friends but the main focus is defenitly on Mother and Daughter relationships. While also showing the barriers that people have with family relatives that arent immediate family. Especially when having a language barrier.
Identidy related to ethnicity is mentioned a lot and I relate a lot to what Michelle said about her experience being biracial
This book makes me appreciate my Mother more and makes me afraid for her to die. I have a feeling that when I lose my Mom I'm gonna have a lot of similar emotions and experiences to Michelle since the dynamics that she has with her Mother that were showed remind me a lot of myself currently.
I painfully feel connected to this. and that scares me. This book makes (forces) me to reflect on my relationship with family (especially Mom) and makes me think deeper about my Filipino side.

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