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

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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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calcifowl's review against another edition

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reflective medium-paced

3.0

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christareadswhat's review against another edition

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challenging reflective sad medium-paced

3.0

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becca99's review against another edition

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challenging emotional informative reflective slow-paced

3.75

I enjoyed this book for what it was, but it would've provided more help and insight if there was more context to the therapy sessions. I recognize that might be too personal for the author to share with us, but this way much of it is just hanging there aimlessly - at least for me.

I will say that the book was out of my comfort zone, but it did provide a few interesting thoughts and it gave me an opportunity to truly recognize that I am not alone with my dark thoughts and/or feelings.

I'll leave my favorite quote from the book here, because some parts really did touch me. " I am someone who is completely unique in this world, someone I need to take care of for the rest of my life, and therefore someone I need to help take each step forward, warmly and patiently, to allow to rest on some days and to encourage on others - I believe the more I look into this strange being, myself, the more routes I will find to happiness."

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shushkeepitdown's review against another edition

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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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sketchydelusion's review against another edition

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hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.25

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emziesreads's review against another edition

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slow-paced

1.0

If you like your self help dressed up as fiction, this might be for you. If not, you might find it a little twee and boring. If it wasn't for it being less than 200 pages, it would have been a dnf.

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