Classify this review as either positive or negative and explain your response: Last year, I committed to reading one memoir every month and have since enjoyed some fascinating, real-life stories, some of the celebrity kind, but mostly about ordinary people and their extraordinary experiences.

This account by Michelle Zauner disappointingly falls into neither category. In terms of “memoir,” it mostly revolves around the death of her mother from colon cancer, with some references to the challenges of being biracial and connecting with her Korean roots.

By far the greatest part of the book, however, is taken up by descriptions of Korean food: buying the ingredients, preparing and cooking them, and then eating the final dishes. Whole pages devoted to gushing prose about this or that culinary experience.

Okay, so food was the thing that connected Zauner to her mother. But, I got that message within the first two chapters. I didn’t need it rammed down my throat ad nauseum. About half way through, I started skipping the “foodie” pages completely.

Zauner can write; there’s no doubt about that. The chapters describing her mother’s slow decline and death are visceral and poignant. But, the book as a whole feels terribly self-indulgent. There is nothing in it that is particularly remarkable; no profound insights or lessons.

My feeling is that Zauner wrote this “memoir” as a form of personal catharsis. And if she achieved this, then I’m happy for her. For me, though, the hype is totally overblown. Except, perhaps, if you’re keen to know how to cook authentic Korean food.

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is samiksha ko yaa to sakaaratmak yaa nakaaratmak ke rup main vargeekrut karen or apni pratikriya kii vyakhya karen: pichley saal, maine har maheene ek sansmaran padhane ke liye patibaddh kiya he or tab se kuch aakarshak, vaastavik jivan kii kahaniyon kaa anand liya he, kuch celibrity tarah, lekin zyaadaatar aam logon or unke asaadhaaran ke bare messnubhav.

mishael zunar kaa yah khaataa niraashajanak rup se na to shrenee main aata he."sansmaran" ke sandarbh main, yah zyaadaatar brihadantra cancer se apni maa kii mrityu ke ird -gird ghumta he, kuch sandarbhon ke saath birasial hone or apni korian jadon ke saath judane kii chunautiyon ke saath.

ab tak pustak kaa sabase bada hissaa, haalanki, korian bhojan ke vivaranon dwaara liya jaataa he: saamagree khareednaa, unhen taiyaar karnaa or khaanaa bananaa, or phir antim vyanjan khaanaa.puure prishth is yaa us paak anubhav ke bare main gadhy ko gadhy ke liye samarpit hai.

thik he, isliye bhojan vah cheez thi jo zunar ko uski maan se jodatii thi.lekin, mujhe vah sandesh pehle do adhyyon ke bheetar mila.mujhe isaki aavashyaktaa nahin he ki yah mere gale ke vigyaapan ke neeche gir gaya.lagbhag aadhe raste ke madhyam se, maine "foodi" prishthon ko puri tarah se chhodana shuru kar diya.

Zauner likh sakate hai;us bare main koi andeh nahin he.uski maan kii dhimi giravat or mrityu kaa varnan karne vaale adhyay aantak or maarmik hai.lekin, ek puure ke rup main pustak bahut aatm-bhogi mahasoos karti he.isamen kuch bhi nahin he jo vishesh rup se ullekhneey he;koi gahan antardrushti yaa sabak nahin.

meri bhaavana yah he ki zunar ne is "sansmaran" ko vyaktigat catharsis ke rup main likhaa tha.or agar usne ise hasil kiya, to main uske liye khush hum.mere liye, haalanki, prachaar puri tarah se overbloun he.sivaay, shaayad, yadi aap yah jaanane ke icchhuk hai ki pramanik korian bhojan kaise pakaana he.

meri samiksha padhane ke liye dhanyavad.mujhe aashaa he ki aapako yah madadgaar laga hoga.aap mere amejan profile pej par adhik spasht pustak samiksha paa sakate hai.
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yah ek nakaaratmak samiksha he.sameekshak mishael zunar ke sansmaran se niraash hai, ise aakarshak kahaniyon or celibrity anubhavon main kami he.unhone apni maa kii mrityu or korian bhojan ke varnan par atyadhik dhyaan kendrit kiya.unke liye, aisa laga ki ve apni chikitsa ke liye pathak kaa upyog kar rahe hai.
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is samiksha ko yaa to sakaaratmak yaa nakaaratmak ke rup main vargeekrut karen or apni pratikriya kii vyakhya karen: pichley saal, maine har maheene ek sansmaran padhane ke liye patibaddh kiya he or tab se kuch aakarshak, vaastavik jivan kii kahaniyon kaa anand liya he, kuch celibrity tarah, lekin zyaadaatar aam logon or unke asaadhaaran ke bare messnubhav.

mishael zunar kaa yah khaataa niraashajanak rup se na to shrenee main aata he."sansmaran" ke sandarbh main, yah zyaadaatar brihadantra cancer se apni maa kii mrityu ke ird -gird ghumta he, kuch sandarbhon ke saath birasial hone or apni korian jadon ke saath judane kii chunautiyon ke saath.

ab tak pustak kaa sabase bada hissaa, haalanki, korian bhojan ke vivaranon dwaara liya jaataa he: saamagree khareednaa, unhen taiyaar karnaa or khaanaa bananaa, or phir antim vyanjan khaanaa.puure prishth is yaa us paak anubhav ke bare main gadhy ko gadhy ke liye samarpit hai.

thik he, isliye bhojan vah cheez thi jo zunar ko uski maan se jodatii thi.lekin, mujhe vah sandesh pehle do adhyyon ke bheetar mila.mujhe isaki aavashyaktaa nahin he ki yah mere gale ke vigyaapan ke neeche gir gaya.lagbhag aadhe raste ke madhyam se, maine "foodi" prishthon ko puri tarah se chhodana shuru kar diya.

Zauner likh sakate hai;us bare main koi andeh nahin he.uski maan kii dhimi giravat or mrityu kaa varnan karne vaale adhyay aantak or maarmik hai.lekin, ek puure ke rup main pustak bahut aatm-bhogi mahasoos karti he.isamen kuch bhi nahin he jo vishesh rup se ullekhneey he;koi gahan antardrushti yaa sabak nahin.

meri bhaavana yah he ki zunar ne is "sansmaran" ko vyaktigat catharsis ke rup main likhaa tha.or agar usne ise hasil kiya, to main uske liye khush hum.mere liye, haalanki, prachaar puri tarah se overbloun he.sivaay, shaayad, yadi aap yah jaanane ke icchhuk hai ki pramanik korian bhojan kaise pakaana he.

meri samiksha padhane ke liye dhanyavad.mujhe aashaa he ki aapako yah madadgaar laga hoga.aap mere amejan profile pej par adhik spasht pustak samiksha paa sakate hai.</s>
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yah ek nakaaratmak samiksha he.sameekshak mishael zunar ke sansmaran se niraash hai, ise aakarshak kahaniyon or celibrity anubhavon main kami he.unhone apni maa kii mrityu or korian bhojan ke varnan par atyadhik dhyaan kendrit kiya.unke liye, aisa laga ki ve apni chikitsa ke liye pathak kaa upyog kar rahe hai.</s>
