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Quero morrer, mas também quero comer tteokbokki by Baek Se-hee
200 reviews
ruthhelizabeth's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
2.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicide, Fatphobia, and Mental illness
Moderate: Emotional abuse
Minor: Lesbophobia, Racism, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Physical abuse, and Addiction
toastyghosty13's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
relaxing
sad
fast-paced
4.0
I really liked this book, and this is coming from someone who primarily reads fantasy.
This is a recording of a korean woman’s therapy sessions, where she explores different issues she is facing internally and externally. A lot of the issues she discusses with her therapist are feelings that are common but can feel like they single you out as different from others. Examples are loneliness and isolation, over analyzing relationships, and finding things you dislike about yourself while failing to change them — and then further beating yourself up over them.
The format in which this is written makes it much easier to absorb, since sometimes it can be dry content (at least for someone like me from my reading habits). The author writes about her therapy sessions in a chat style format where it shows the dialogue of her and her therapist next to the name of whoever is speaking. This absolutely helped to break up the content when trying to read about it.
Reading this book helped me to understand that some of what I feel is not that different from what a lot of others feel. It is very easy to feel like you are alone in your thoughts, especially given the last 3 years since 2020 to 2023. This book was a joy to read, and was not at all depressing considering that the entire topic of discussion is experiencing and coping with constant mild depression. On the contrary, I found this to be a very light and delightful read despite the focus on dysthymia.
I thoroughly recommend this book no matter how not-depressed of a person you are. Everyone has bad feelings, which are part of what makes us human, and this book celebrates the ability to analyze them and allow yourself to feel the shittiness.
This is a recording of a korean woman’s therapy sessions, where she explores different issues she is facing internally and externally. A lot of the issues she discusses with her therapist are feelings that are common but can feel like they single you out as different from others. Examples are loneliness and isolation, over analyzing relationships, and finding things you dislike about yourself while failing to change them — and then further beating yourself up over them.
The format in which this is written makes it much easier to absorb, since sometimes it can be dry content (at least for someone like me from my reading habits). The author writes about her therapy sessions in a chat style format where it shows the dialogue of her and her therapist next to the name of whoever is speaking. This absolutely helped to break up the content when trying to read about it.
Reading this book helped me to understand that some of what I feel is not that different from what a lot of others feel. It is very easy to feel like you are alone in your thoughts, especially given the last 3 years since 2020 to 2023. This book was a joy to read, and was not at all depressing considering that the entire topic of discussion is experiencing and coping with constant mild depression. On the contrary, I found this to be a very light and delightful read despite the focus on dysthymia.
I thoroughly recommend this book no matter how not-depressed of a person you are. Everyone has bad feelings, which are part of what makes us human, and this book celebrates the ability to analyze them and allow yourself to feel the shittiness.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Mental illness
Moderate: Domestic abuse
Minor: Body shaming, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol
mdavis26's review against another edition
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcohol, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Fatphobia, Mental illness, and Body shaming
hello_lovely13's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body shaming, Fatphobia, and Mental illness
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Alcohol, and Emotional abuse
Minor: Suicidal thoughts
nicolepaul_ine's review against another edition
I appreciated the last 25% of the book the most, and wish the rest of the book had been more in depth reflections of what she was going through a bit more like this last bit. the author doesn’t try to be like able and acknowledges her bad thoughts. I think most people have thoughts they might not be willing to share with anyone and it was oddly refreshing to get this type of non filtered view into someone’s mind. There were some things that I don’t know if they’re helpful to write down so check trigger warnings, even though some of the shaming is towards herself this might not be for everyone.
I’m both surprised and not surprised at all that a book like this has become so popular.
I’m both surprised and not surprised at all that a book like this has become so popular.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Mental illness and Suicidal thoughts
booksjessreads's review against another edition
dark
informative
reflective
fast-paced
3.0
I was never really bothered about reading this book, but then it came in as a new book for my library and didn't have a queue of holds, so I took my chance and read it. Because of my previous apathy for the book, I didn't really go into this with any expectations, and I did come out of this book having an appreciation for the authors experience, as well as prompting my own self-reflection. I also do enjoy translated fiction, especially when written by women. This did give a good insight into the impact of Korean society on women's mental health.
I think this was a really easy-to-read memoir and it was very fast paced, which concerned me in areas that it was so quick to get through, despite the heavy subject matter. I appreciated that each chapter was not just dialogue between the psychiatrist and the author and was broken up with an introduction and an analysis of the conversation afterwards.
Despite this though, I did also feel the memoir to be quite average. Not that this book is supposed to be astounding, groundbreaking, or full of fancy prose. However, if it hadn't been so easy to read, I would have just DNF'ed. It also just felt very samey to a lot of the mental health memoirs and fiction that is already out there. There is supposed to be a second book coming out next year, but I feel like this is better as a stand-alone, and it certainly didn't grip me enough to want to read the second one.
Overall, an average memoir, but I would suggest it as a good read for those new to translated fiction with regards to Korean society and mental health.
I think this was a really easy-to-read memoir and it was very fast paced, which concerned me in areas that it was so quick to get through, despite the heavy subject matter. I appreciated that each chapter was not just dialogue between the psychiatrist and the author and was broken up with an introduction and an analysis of the conversation afterwards.
Despite this though, I did also feel the memoir to be quite average. Not that this book is supposed to be astounding, groundbreaking, or full of fancy prose. However, if it hadn't been so easy to read, I would have just DNF'ed. It also just felt very samey to a lot of the mental health memoirs and fiction that is already out there. There is supposed to be a second book coming out next year, but I feel like this is better as a stand-alone, and it certainly didn't grip me enough to want to read the second one.
Overall, an average memoir, but I would suggest it as a good read for those new to translated fiction with regards to Korean society and mental health.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body shaming, Fatphobia, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders
Moderate: Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol
nikenacs's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
3.0
Started off strong but didn't really go anywhere for me. Not a lot of new revelations for someone who has done quite some work on mental health already. Idk, maybe I was just not the target audience.
One thing though - sometimes I found the conversations so weird?? Very often either Sehee or the Psychiatrist will say something that seems completely out of context or out of pocket, and it doesn't get adressdd, and the conversation moves on. And they often change topics super randomly, at least in my perception. Idk if it's the editing, or if they were actually like that?? But it made it feel less real, which broke the whole ~flow~ for me.
One thing though - sometimes I found the conversations so weird?? Very often either Sehee or the Psychiatrist will say something that seems completely out of context or out of pocket, and it doesn't get adressdd, and the conversation moves on. And they often change topics super randomly, at least in my perception. Idk if it's the editing, or if they were actually like that?? But it made it feel less real, which broke the whole ~flow~ for me.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Mental illness, Alcoholism, Body shaming, and Fatphobia
sydneybedell's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
3.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Mental illness
adrianasilva0's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
fast-paced
3.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Mental illness
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"
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"
Content Warnings
Minor: Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, and Fatphobia