Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

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

76 reviews

navayiota's review against another edition

reflective sad slow-paced

3.0

I was really excited about this book. I got it as a birthday gift and started it immediately. It was very slow, but I gave it time, I thought it would pick up after a few chapters. Sadly, it did not. I think it's a great book for people who have just now began thinking about their mental health and behaviour, but as someone who went through the revelations she describes in the book years ago, it was a bit tiring to read. It felt like reading my journal from 5 years ago, but without the insight of what was happening in my life at the time. However, it is full of super annotatable quotes and the translation is superb, so great job there. I don't regret reading this, but if I was given the chance, I probably would have picked a different book to get as a present. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, and Medical content

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

kirstym25's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Body shaming, and Mental illness

Moderate: Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Homophobia

Minor: Alcoholism

ryanbada's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Body shaming, and Toxic relationship

sweetsxrrxw's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

3.5

tbh i was high key disappointed once i realized about 85% of the book is written via transcripts of the author's therapy sessions. i can understand why she recorded them and also how this writing style can help other people to see how therapy works or to, somehow, understand better the author's growth. personally, it took me a while to get used to it, but i really wanted to read the book, so i gradually got over it.
i couldn't fully relate to some of the author's problems, but i have tons of quotes highlighted or annotated with stuff like “she's so me”, lmao. some advices given by the psychiatrist really made me reflect or think about my own life, but one must keep in mind that this book doesn't really provide an answer to depression, instead it's just a portrayal of how anxiety and depression can affect someone. 

ps: i can get why so many people disliked the book, but i admire the author for sharing this with the world, even though she probably knew people would judge her, think she's annoying or whatever. this proves how much she has grown and how much her mental health improved, and i can't help but feeling proud of her. <3

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Body shaming, and Fatphobia

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Alcohol, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Homophobia and Suicidal thoughts

leif's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Body shaming, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Domestic abuse, Medical content, Alcoholism, Alcohol, and Classism

Therapy sessions are included so lots of sensitive topics are discussed but it all seemed really sensitively handled to me.

alexisgarcia's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative reflective fast-paced

4.5

i really loved the first 50-75 pages of this. it was so relatable and comforting to see someone struggle with similar things. however, i felt like in the late middle and end it got very muddled and repetitive. i felt like the original point of the book was lost in the last 30ish pages. they were not unenjoyable, they just didn't seem to pertain to the point of the book which lowered my initial 5 star rating

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Toxic friendship, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Grief, and Mental illness

sharonus's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

2.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Alcohol, Domestic abuse, and Suicidal thoughts

graceesford's review against another edition

dark funny inspiring reflective fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol and Mental illness

Minor: Domestic abuse and Physical abuse

tomoonarmy's review against another edition

dark emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness and Grief

Minor: Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Body shaming, Gaslighting, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts

leefox's review against another edition

reflective medium-paced

2.0

I wish the last 10% of the book was the entirety of the book. 90% of just verbatim transcription of therapy sessions were quite dull. Lacked depth. Translation also seemed to really be a miss. For what was touted to be a personal and emotional book, i really struggled to connect with it at all. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Fatphobia, and Mental illness

Minor: Xenophobia