Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Quero morrer, mas também quero comer tteokbokki by Baek Se-hee

211 reviews

196books's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Fatphobia

milliebluecapon's review against another edition

medium-paced

3.0

I had really mixed feelings surrounding this particular book. In the first instance, I was drawn to the title as I felt it was expressing something worth having a conversation about - the idea that life has this complexity that doesn’t always make sense! While I admired the author’s candidness and relatability, I found that I disagreed with the psychiatrist more often than I agreed with her - which isn’t a huge problem but for some reason didn’t sit particularly comfortably with me. I enjoyed the short essays towards the end of the text and I can see why a text like this would resonate with a particular audience, but sadly not quite the right fit for me. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Domestic abuse and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

chireadsandchill's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Suicide, and Alcohol

ashleybeereads's review against another edition

emotional hopeful medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Mental illness, and Alcohol

Moderate: Bullying and Domestic abuse

Minor: Suicide

melanieripple's review against another edition

reflective

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

rheagoveas's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness

king_rune's review against another edition

emotional inspiring fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Minor: Homophobia and Racism

isabezza's review against another edition

reflective medium-paced

3.0

The first half of this book was beautiful and had a solid structure as transcripts and reflections from a series of therapy sessions. The narrative came to a comfortable conclusion with notes from the psychotherapist and an epilogue about Baek Se-hee's life. However, the book then continued an internal reflection in a seemingly unnecessary way with multiple chapters after the conclusion, which made me feel uninterested. The writing was good and should have been involved in the main structure instead to avoid it feeling rambling. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Minor: Suicide

aweekinthelife's review against another edition

informative reflective slow-paced

3.25

not my favorite and i ended up speeding through the audio book (2.25x). it felt a little repetitive/long and the main narrator kind of irritated me, although i suppose that was kind of the point of understanding her thoughts and growth. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

decie's review against another edition

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia and Mental illness