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Quero morrer, mas também quero comer tteokbokki by Baek Se-hee
97 reviews
hello_lovely13's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Body shaming, Fatphobia, and Mental illness
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Alcohol, and Emotional abuse
Minor: Suicidal thoughts
courtofsmutandstuff's review against another edition
3.5
Moderate: Eating disorder and Body shaming
booksjessreads's review against another edition
3.0
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.
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
3.0
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.
Graphic: Mental illness, Alcoholism, Body shaming, and Fatphobia
withlivjones's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Mental illness
Moderate: Alcohol, Body shaming, Suicidal thoughts, and Fatphobia
nikexistiertnik's review against another edition
4.25
i appreciated the psychiatrist's note, because there were moments, when their counselling irritated me - although i probably have to remember that i'm in a completely different country and therapy might just be different in germany.
my emotions are all over the place, i'm really happy i finally read it, and i'm thankful to my teacher for lending me the book.
Graphic: Fatphobia, Body shaming, and Mental illness
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Alcohol, Drug use, and Emotional abuse
gossameralbum's review against another edition
Graphic: Mental illness
Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Dysphoria, Eating disorder, and Body shaming
Minor: Toxic friendship
thebookguru's review against another edition
4.5
Defo recommend to anyone struggling with mental health issues or you have a mental illness or if you just want to find out more about mental health and what it is like living with certain illnesses.
Haven’t read a memoir in a long time but glad I managed to finish this!
Also, the title of this book is perfect 😹👏🏽
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Dysphoria, Fatphobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Body shaming, and Classism
sandramarinis's review against another edition
3.0
Moderate: Bullying, Toxic friendship, Alcoholism, Fatphobia, Body shaming, Chronic illness, and Dysphoria
viviundworte's review against another edition
3.75
Moderate: Mental illness, Body shaming, Alcohol, Bullying, Emotional abuse, and Medical content