Bull Shannon
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I'm about 3/4 of the way through it right now. I have to admit, I feel a lot more mixed about it than most. For one, I might simply be struggling with the book because it is a very direct, apt description of watching someone close to you die. My wife lost both her grandparents a year ago, and the descriptions of that in-between, logistically-detailed yet completely-detached space one lives in are very apt.Begging everyone to read Michelle Zauner's (Japanaese Breakfast) Crying in H Mart. Easly my favorite and most moving book I've read this year. And they just announced that MGM has the rights for a movie as well. Should be great.
I do also think the focus is on Zauner's experience and her grief, to the extent her father and even her mother are a bit less shaded in than I'd prefer; but I think that's simply due to the book being an exploration of the grief, not necessarily a description of her family.
Definitely a good book, one I'd recommend with caveats.