Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

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

21 reviews

luise96's review against another edition

reflective sad medium-paced

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide

sarah984's review

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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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness

Minor: Fatphobia, Suicide, Medical content, Classism, Alcoholism, and Child abuse

khakipantsofsex's review against another edition

emotional mysterious

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Body shaming, and Eating disorder

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide

risten's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Domestic abuse, Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Suicide, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Body shaming, Lesbophobia, Alcohol, Classism, Eating disorder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

ruthhelizabeth's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Fatphobia, and Mental illness

Moderate: Emotional abuse

Minor: Lesbophobia, Racism, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Physical abuse, and Addiction

mdavis26's review against another edition

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Fatphobia, Mental illness, and Body shaming

zabiume's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring fast-paced

4.0

I think there has been a global curiosity and fascination with therapy ever since it became a Thing in wider society. However, even when we read about it in books or see it in TV shows or movies, there's always a feeling that we're once-removed from the realities of therapy – how mundane, repetitive, roundabout, and sometimes even pathetic it can be. The great thing about the book is that it offers an unfiltered glimpse into what goes on in these rooms and demonstrates how slow healing can actually be! The unconventionality of this book's narrative style is its saving grace because it manages to become both self-help and memoir in a very unpretentious way. 

Also, this book made me reflect a lot about the human condition and how similar we all are deep down, how our malaises always seem so grand and overstated in our own heads, but reading this book made me realize that people are more alike than we think and that we are all imperfectly trying to navigate life to the best of our abilities. It gave me a lot of hope and I really admire the author for her courage in opening herself up like this, both to educate and entertain, in a way.

I was especially stunned when I reached the chapter that the therapist herself had written! I teared up a little when I read it!

 

Ultimately, a great read on the struggles of coping with every-day life. If I could offer one gentle criticism though, it was that the last few prose chapters felt a little random and disconnected from the rest of the book to me, but everything leading up to that was great and very eye-opening! Definitely glad I read this! 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Suicide

The book has a brief moment where the author talks about how people perceive suicide + the "free death" movement

chireadsandchill's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Body shaming, Bullying, Suicide, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, and Mental illness

ashleybeereads's review against another edition

emotional hopeful medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Fatphobia, and Alcohol

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Bullying

Minor: Suicide

isabezza's review against another edition

reflective medium-paced

3.0

The first half of this book was beautiful and had a solid structure as transcripts and reflections from a series of therapy sessions. The narrative came to a comfortable conclusion with notes from the psychotherapist and an epilogue about Baek Se-hee's life. However, the book then continued an internal reflection in a seemingly unnecessary way with multiple chapters after the conclusion, which made me feel uninterested. The writing was good and should have been involved in the main structure instead to avoid it feeling rambling. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Minor: Suicide