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Quero morrer, mas também quero comer tteokbokki by Baek Se-hee
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coco_mp3's review against another edition
emotional
informative
reflective
fast-paced
3.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Eating disorder and Body shaming
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
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
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
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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body shaming, Toxic friendship, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Grief, and Mental illness
wholeottabooks's review against another edition
reflective
fast-paced
2.0
Synopsis: A Korean woman working in publishing seeks out professional help for mental health concerns about self criticism, depression, isolation, and more. She records her sessions with her therapist and transcribes them into a compilation which is the bulk of this book.
My thoughts: I’ll start by saying this… it feels really wrong to rate a memoir. I was really looking forward to this book. As a MSW student training to be a clinician, this book really peaked my interest. A woman being extremely vulnerable with her inner most thoughts? Sign me up! I went in with the expectations of a lot of the author’s self reflection, depth, and some sort of processing or analysis. This book is exactly as I wrote in the synopsis and not much more... a transcribed copy of segments of her time with a therapist. Although the author was self reflective, there was little to no processing of anything she was absorbing or learning from her sessions. The transcripts just bounced from concern to concern and then ended off with a set of brief essays that were irrelevant to the first half of the book. I’m extremely disappointed in this book and know and hope that others will find it valuable. But as someone already in the mental health field I didn’t find anything new or worthwhile. As someone going into the field of MH, I found it extremely violating that the author would publish these transcripts without her therapists consent. Yes, she asked for permission to record the sessions but the therapist agreed because she mentioned that she uses them because she struggles with remembering what was said. Therefore, in my opinion, the therapist gave consent to what her true intentions were (or what her new intentions were if that wasn’t her initial intention). This irked me and it hurt hearing the therapists reaction to learning about the published transcripts of their sessions. Overall, there are better texts that depict the struggles of mental illness and I would not recommend this one.
My thoughts: I’ll start by saying this… it feels really wrong to rate a memoir. I was really looking forward to this book. As a MSW student training to be a clinician, this book really peaked my interest. A woman being extremely vulnerable with her inner most thoughts? Sign me up! I went in with the expectations of a lot of the author’s self reflection, depth, and some sort of processing or analysis. This book is exactly as I wrote in the synopsis and not much more... a transcribed copy of segments of her time with a therapist. Although the author was self reflective, there was little to no processing of anything she was absorbing or learning from her sessions. The transcripts just bounced from concern to concern and then ended off with a set of brief essays that were irrelevant to the first half of the book. I’m extremely disappointed in this book and know and hope that others will find it valuable. But as someone already in the mental health field I didn’t find anything new or worthwhile. As someone going into the field of MH, I found it extremely violating that the author would publish these transcripts without her therapists consent. Yes, she asked for permission to record the sessions but the therapist agreed because she mentioned that she uses them because she struggles with remembering what was said. Therefore, in my opinion, the therapist gave consent to what her true intentions were (or what her new intentions were if that wasn’t her initial intention). This irked me and it hurt hearing the therapists reaction to learning about the published transcripts of their sessions. Overall, there are better texts that depict the struggles of mental illness and I would not recommend this one.
Content Warnings
Minor: Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Alcoholism, Eating disorder, and Body shaming
sn2606's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
4.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Lesbophobia, Eating disorder, Suicidal thoughts, Domestic abuse, Bullying, and Body shaming
anafuentes's review against another edition
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sad
slow-paced
2.0
I was really intrigued by this book initially because I related to what the author was going through. However, I didn’t find a lot of depth. The transcriptions with the therapist were interesting at first but I began to lose interest without more analysis and introspection regarding these sessions.
Content Warnings
Minor: Body shaming, Alcoholism, and Domestic abuse
tomoonarmy's review against another edition
dark
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
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
claudiamacpherson's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
3.0
Content Warnings
Minor: Alcohol, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, and Bullying
travelseatsreads's review against another edition
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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.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Mental illness, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Panic attacks/disorders, and Alcohol
Moderate: Lesbophobia and Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Sexual assault