Reviews tagging 'Homophobia'

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

22 reviews

dryad3's review against another edition

slow-paced

1.0

 I didn't like this book. It was clear I wouldn't like it after reading the first chapter, but I was curious for a few reasons, so I continued. The first thing that struck me was how the psychiatrist was providing such awful, random advice and not addressing real issues. Next, the transcripts from the writer's therapy sessions showed her to be a hypocritical, petty person. At one point she lashes out at a "friend," intending to end their friendship, because she hadn't liked a recommended book. The therapy conversations never went anywhere, and I was happy to reach the epilogue, which was bizarrely followed by many more chapters! The text after the epilogue, in some ways, didn't seem like it was written by the same person, yet in other moments was quite direct: "I couldn't stand others who seemed to be fully confident in who they were, it made me breathless and nauseous." I'm still surprised that someone took direct transcriptions of their therapy sessions, published them, achieved international success, and it's an accounting of rambling everyday pettiness and bad advice. 

---

Content Warnings

Minor: Racism and Homophobia

lqne's review against another edition

inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Classism, Domestic abuse, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Eating disorder, and Fatphobia

Minor: Lesbophobia, Misogyny, Racism, Homophobia, and Sexism

mariaalice's review against another edition

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia and Xenophobia

mangofraiche's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

3.0

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Homophobia, Mental illness, Fatphobia, and Grief

king_rune's review against another edition

emotional inspiring fast-paced

4.5

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Minor: Homophobia and Racism

booksandboba's review against another edition

reflective medium-paced

3.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Body shaming and Alcohol

Minor: Lesbophobia and Homophobia

apersonfromflorida's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

3.5

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Body shaming, and Fatphobia

Moderate: Alcoholism and Emotional abuse

Minor: Homophobia, Domestic abuse, and Suicidal thoughts

genzea's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative lighthearted reflective medium-paced

3.5

Baek Sehee went to therapy so you don’t have to (I’m kidding, find a good therapist if that’s accessible to you). The first 14 out of 15 chapters are direct conversations with her and her therapists with her giving commentary before and after. I appreciate how extremely vulnerable she had to be for that, expressing dark things she doesn’t like about herself, flaws that she knows is a constant work in progress. Chapter 15 is filled with various short essays that are poetic like about different aspects of her life and her thoughts. Very different memoirs style. It’s also painfully relatable 

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Classism

Minor: Fatphobia, Domestic abuse, Suicide, Sexual harassment, and Homophobia

litematcha's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

4.5

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Child abuse

Minor: Homophobia

parasolcrafter's review against another edition

emotional hopeful fast-paced

4.0

this book wasnt what i thought it was going to be when i went into it (story-telling wise!) but it was a really interesting & raw look into one persons life and her struggles and how she tries to overcome it with therapy and medication and how it isnt a quick, immediate fix like some people think it is

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Alcohol, Body shaming, Bullying, and Fatphobia

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Domestic abuse, and Child abuse

Minor: Homophobia