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A review by shreyapandey13
Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
3.5
🍜 This book feels like sitting in a pair of comfortable pajamas after a long day at work and sobbing uncontrollably because you're just so exhausted, so completely alone and sad, and trying to push some of that pain away by stuffing your face with a hot bowl of extra spicy ramen, which happens to be your comfort food
♥️ I was hooked from the very first page, which offered a very touching imagery of a girl feeling lost and out of place in H Mart, a Korean supermart chain in America. She's recently lost her mother and being in this space, alone for the first time and unable to navigate her Koreanness finally triggers an avalanche of emotion.
đź“š What follows is touching journey through her past as she tells us about herself, her mother, and the relationship they shared. She talks about her sense of self, how she spent the longest time trying to fit into the idea of being an American, a decidedly white identity, only to find herself unmoored and chasing to understand and embody her Korean heritage.
💫 The book is very honest, too honest at times. It does not beat around the bush and addresses a spectrum of human emotions head on. Its beautifully depicts such nuanced emotions that often tends to get lost as we move from one activity to another in life. The way the author spoke of her mother—a mixture of frustration, admiration and honest hurt along with a deep, deep love—hit close to home. Any girl who has had a slightly dysfunctional relationship with her mother would relate.
🌸 The author's conversation around food and how closely it's tied to memories, to culture, and one's identity will give you a pause and make you think. It will make you want to go back and remember every important meal you've had since your childhood and how much we take the comfort it brings for granted
✨ The book moved me to tears several times and made me want to start writing a memoir too—just so I could remember everything about the people I care about.
♥️ I was hooked from the very first page, which offered a very touching imagery of a girl feeling lost and out of place in H Mart, a Korean supermart chain in America. She's recently lost her mother and being in this space, alone for the first time and unable to navigate her Koreanness finally triggers an avalanche of emotion.
đź“š What follows is touching journey through her past as she tells us about herself, her mother, and the relationship they shared. She talks about her sense of self, how she spent the longest time trying to fit into the idea of being an American, a decidedly white identity, only to find herself unmoored and chasing to understand and embody her Korean heritage.
💫 The book is very honest, too honest at times. It does not beat around the bush and addresses a spectrum of human emotions head on. Its beautifully depicts such nuanced emotions that often tends to get lost as we move from one activity to another in life. The way the author spoke of her mother—a mixture of frustration, admiration and honest hurt along with a deep, deep love—hit close to home. Any girl who has had a slightly dysfunctional relationship with her mother would relate.
🌸 The author's conversation around food and how closely it's tied to memories, to culture, and one's identity will give you a pause and make you think. It will make you want to go back and remember every important meal you've had since your childhood and how much we take the comfort it brings for granted
✨ The book moved me to tears several times and made me want to start writing a memoir too—just so I could remember everything about the people I care about.