Reviews tagging 'Terminal illness'

Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner

493 reviews

archaicrobin's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

Zauner’s memoir touches on her music career and the beginnings of Japanese Breakfast but the main focus is on the loss of her mother to cancer. 

Zauner does not shy away from the difficult story of her mother’s decline and being the first line of defense and support as the cancer slowly takes her mother away. This memoir is phenomenal, heart wrenching, and beautiful. It was difficult to read at times from how bleak it is at moments, but Zauner’s prose and focus on moving on despite her loss is inspiring. I have been a fan of Japanese Breakfast for years but I am not also a dedicated fan to her as an author as well. Highly recommend reading and listing to Michell Zauner’s works!

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Content Warnings

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

kymaera's review

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.5

Absolutely beautiful and heart wrenching. Michelle Zauner's voice, one that has heretofore been known via her musical presence as Japanese Breakfast, is incredibly powerful and compelling throughout this memoir. She speaks with the gentle reflection of someone who has reckoned with her past and now can walk side by side with it. A must read. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Medical content and Cursing

katiearcher's review against another edition

inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

Crying in H Mart will make you want to hug your mom! The story is so sad but very well written. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Terminal illness, and Death of parent

llams's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

what an amazing and honest ode to her mother and korean food. it felt honest and gut wrenchingly real

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Medical content, Racial slurs, Terminal illness, Death, Racism, Vomit, Xenophobia, Car accident, Grief, Infidelity, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Drug use, Gore, Death of parent, Cancer, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Abortion

kelkelkelkelly's review

emotional sad slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Racism

Minor: Drug use

olpapi's review

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

flashandoutbreak's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, Terminal illness, and Body shaming

leonkoenig's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Terminal illness

Moderate: Alcoholism

jmarob's review

challenging emotional sad medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

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

kstolley01's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death of parent, and Terminal illness