Reviews with content warning for Fatphobia - I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki

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I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki by Baek Se-hee

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giuliawanders's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

I was inspired by how much the author opens up in this book.
I also thought it was really interesting to delve into the mind of someone who I don’t relate much to and to see how a different culture affects mental health.

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robinks's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

3.0

The concept was cool, but in practice, I didn’t like how the book was arranged. Each chapter was a random combination of commentary and conversation, making it hard to follow at times, and it was unclear what the timing of the sessions looked like relative to each other. Also, the last chapter suddenly switched gears into short essays, which I didn’t like. Additionally, as a therapist myself, Sehee’s therapist was giving so much advice and perspective packaged as truth that I did not agree with.

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meganeorcx's review against another edition

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informative reflective fast-paced

4.0

Maybe I'm overrating a bit but it's with a valid reason. This book, short as it may be, did a lot for my mental health. It made me realise my own black-and-white thinking in relationships and it made me feel seen. While I should probably go to therapy sometime soon, this was a great way to learn about my own habits and how to unthink the self-sabotaging thoughts. Very grateful for that. That being said, there was very little talk of tteokbokki or even thoughts of death. I like the personal perspective it provides but I wish there were longer and deeper explorations in between the psychiatrist transcripts. Everything bundled at the end was nice to read but a bit too random. I also struggled to sympathise with the author once the fatphobia started showing. The book itself is absolutely not for everyone and I mainly like it for actually helping me get better but it has many faults. I might check out the sequel though, purely out of curiosity. Really glad I read this!

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readingpicnic's review against another edition

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3.0

The author's anxieties were wayyy too similar to my own for comfort. I liked the pages of reflection in between the transcripts between her and her psychiatrist, but I wasn't a big fan of the pages of reflection at the end of the book. I think they made sense in between a different format of writing, so it was a bit disorienting for these pages of her own writing to be back-to-back in the end. I've definitely never read anything quite like this book style-wise, and it was validating to see someone so honest about their mental illnesses and anxieties that people don't really talk about.

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0hannah0banana0's review against another edition

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reflective sad tense slow-paced

2.0

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sarah984's review

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challenging reflective slow-paced

3.0

I think this was a really courageous thing to publish but the book itself is not organized very well - it's transcripts of therapy sessions and some seemingly unrelated short essays - and the psychiatrist honestly didn't seem very helpful aside from prescribing medications.

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