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

16 reviews

cooper_reads_books's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Body shaming, Dysphoria, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, and Domestic abuse

samchase112's review against another edition

reflective sad fast-paced

3.25

Honestly… just see BooksUnbound's book club episode for most of my thoughts. They said it best! But seriously, this was interesting, but too dry and clinical to get at a lot of the personal parts I was hoping for. But I'd be interested in reading a memoir from this author… as I always am :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Fatphobia

Minor: Homophobia and Lesbophobia

vikipedia__'s review against another edition

informative inspiring medium-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming and Mental illness

Moderate: Eating disorder

Minor: Lesbophobia

sn2606's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Lesbophobia, Eating disorder, Suicidal thoughts, Domestic abuse, Bullying, and Body shaming

travelseatsreads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

3.0

 I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki is a part memoir, part character study and part 'what to avoid when looking for a therapist' guide. 

Within the pages Baek SeHee honestly and unreservedly gives the reader an insight both into her transcripts with her therapist but also more interestingly her thoughts surrounding these transcripts. Baek SeHee shares her ongoing issues with her mental health including issues surrounding self-esteem, body image, anxiety and depression. What I found fascinating was Baek SeHee's ability to portray the general malaise that can come with lingering depression, the feeling of absolute numbness and impassiveness that simultaneously exists with the innate longing for nice things and comfort. 

The book is at its best when Baek SeHee is discussing her thoughts, especially within the vignettes that make up the epilogue. The centre chunk of transcripts become quite repetitively irritating but that's solely down to a very lazy therapist rather than Baek SeHee herself. Reading those sections honestly felt like a guide of what to avoid in a therapist and I found them quite frustrating.

Overall I found it an enjoyable and interesting read but would have loved to see much more of Baek SeHee's own thoughts and writing. She's definitely an author I will keep an eye out for in the future.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Panic attacks/disorders, and Alcohol

Moderate: Lesbophobia and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Sexual assault

shushkeepitdown's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective slow-paced

2.75

This book feels like a call out at me because I also related to some of her problems but at the same time when I continued reading I kept thinking at random points 'wow this person is kind of a dick' and I think that's the point to some extent. Due to her problems she faced now she looks at the world in a very black and white way. I love that she decided to get help to improve her thinking and her issues, most usually won't and that's why I think this book is ok. It isn't too triggering but it talks about heavy topics so be careful.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Lesbophobia, Racism, Homophobia, and Suicidal thoughts