Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki by Baek Se-hee

39 reviews

ruthhelizabeth's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Fatphobia, and Mental illness

Moderate: Emotional abuse

Minor: Lesbophobia, Racism, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Physical abuse, and Addiction

hello_lovely13's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Fatphobia, and Mental illness

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Alcohol, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

meaghanbethany's review against another edition

reflective medium-paced

2.5

I am not in the habit of 'diagnosing' others, however, all throughout this book I couldn't get out of my mind that she may have been misdiagnosed; which seems to be a common thread in other reviews too. I am diagnosed autistic, and if you'd have removed references to the name of her condition, I would have sworn this was a book about Autism. I hope this can be considered for her. 

Some favourite lines: "I want to march and hold hands with those who feel similarly to me", "I have trouble both accepting my own darkness and throwing myself into the light"

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Content Warnings

Minor: Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, and Fatphobia

nikexistiertnik's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective fast-paced

4.25

this was way too relatable for my taste and reminded me again and again that i REALLY need therapy.

i appreciated the psychiatrist's note, because there were moments, when their counselling irritated me - although i probably have to remember that i'm in a completely different country and therapy might just be different in germany.

my emotions are all over the place, i'm really happy i finally read it, and i'm thankful to my teacher for lending me the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Body shaming, and Mental illness

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Alcohol, Drug use, and Emotional abuse

thebookguru's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

4.5

Interesting and relatable and hopeful book! 

Defo recommend to anyone struggling with mental health issues or you have a mental illness or if you just want to find out more about mental health and what it is like living with certain illnesses. 

Haven’t read a memoir in a long time but glad I managed to finish this!

Also, the title of this book is perfect 😹👏🏽

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Dysphoria, Fatphobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Body shaming, and Classism

viviundworte's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective tense fast-paced

3.75

too many random essays at the end of the book 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Body shaming, Alcohol, Bullying, Emotional abuse, and Medical content

chb's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Minor: Emotional abuse, Toxic friendship, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, and Alcohol

trianammiv's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse

emminkirjakasa's review against another edition

emotional informative medium-paced

2.25

I really wanted to like this...

Sadly, nothing about this book sticks out. I was waiting for something bigger, since this book had so many 5 star reviews. The therapy sessions feel similar to what I had (just a little different topics), but I don't think anyone else would really get anything out of my sessions. 

I liked the essays in the end of the book, and the way the book was writen as a conversation. Just everything else about it was meeh.

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Mä olisin kovasti halunnut tykätä  tästä...

Valitettavasti kirjasta ei jää mitään käteen. Odotin jotain parempaa ja suurempaa, koska kirjalla on niin monta 5 tähden arvostelua. Terapiaistunnot tuntuvat samanlaisilta kuin minulla oli (vain vähän eri aiheet), mutta en usko, että kukaan muu saisi mitään irti istunnoistani.

Pidin kirjan lopussa olevista esseistä ja tavasta jolla kirja kirjoitettiin keskusteluna. Kaikki muu kirjassa oli vain meeh.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Fatphobia

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Alcohol

queerloras's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

3.0

I felt really seen, really connected to the author of this book. I understood completely how she was feeling. The only downside was the essays at the end felt very disconnected rather than the topical/related ones that followed the conversation transcriptions earlier in the book.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Toxic friendship, Fatphobia, Mental illness, and Toxic relationship