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robinks's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
3.25
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.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Dysphoria, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Alcohol, and Body shaming
Moderate: Child abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Emotional abuse, Classism, Eating disorder, Abandonment, and Bullying
Minor: Xenophobia, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Lesbophobia, War, and Animal death
loinereads's review against another edition
I got so BORED.
I really wanted to go through with this book as I am going to therapy myself, I thought it would be comforting to hear about someone else’s trauma and difficulties with self esteem and anxiety.
But the main character’s problems felt very frivolous to me. I absolutely lacked empathy and even though I can understand the extent of help this book could bring to some people, it’s just not for me.
I feel very respectful still towards the author because it mustn’t have been easy to keep track of all these sessions and confide through a book that can be read by so much.
As I listened to the audiobook, I just felt like I was feeling worse than ever (when in reality not at all! I am fine considering everything I’ve been through) but I kept comparing my own experiences to the ones told in this book and I kept making me feel worse.
I think it’s definitely a book for people who know something’s wrong with their approach of life and social engagement and want to have a starting point of understanding the causes and maybe even get some tools to deal with their existential dread but It might really be boring for people who understand their trauma and already have some tools to deal with them.
I really wanted to go through with this book as I am going to therapy myself, I thought it would be comforting to hear about someone else’s trauma and difficulties with self esteem and anxiety.
But the main character’s problems felt very frivolous to me. I absolutely lacked empathy and even though I can understand the extent of help this book could bring to some people, it’s just not for me.
I feel very respectful still towards the author because it mustn’t have been easy to keep track of all these sessions and confide through a book that can be read by so much.
As I listened to the audiobook, I just felt like I was feeling worse than ever (when in reality not at all! I am fine considering everything I’ve been through) but I kept comparing my own experiences to the ones told in this book and I kept making me feel worse.
I think it’s definitely a book for people who know something’s wrong with their approach of life and social engagement and want to have a starting point of understanding the causes and maybe even get some tools to deal with their existential dread but It might really be boring for people who understand their trauma and already have some tools to deal with them.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Mental illness
Moderate: Abandonment
Minor: Mental illness and Child abuse
chloemills's review against another edition
It had a good start but I ended up getting quite bored as it seemed repetitive.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Mental illness, Abandonment, and Suicidal thoughts
lucinotlucy's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
informative
reflective
fast-paced
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Mental illness
Minor: Alcohol, Body shaming, Abandonment, Physical abuse, and Drug use
issyd23's review against another edition
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
2.0
I thought this would be funny but it was just sad 2⚰️
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Toxic friendship, Dysphoria, Abandonment, Classism, Fatphobia, and Mental illness
sakisreads's review
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
3.0
I’m slightly disappointed that I didn’t absolutely adore this book, as I felt like it was everywhere and everyone was raving about it! Unfortunately it did not hit the spot for me. There were some golden moments but I felt as though we were not necessarily getting anywhere. I can appreciate that was partially the point (humans are human and so life has its peaks and troughs) but I wish it had a bit more ZEST 🫠 I also think sometimes the psychiatrist (who does address this at the end, but still) slightly dismissed or decreased the value of what Baek Seehe was trying to say 🥺
These were my favourite quotes however:
The whole point of not liking your friend’s behaviour means you don’t like her behaviour, not your friend as a person.
Books never tire of me. And in time they present a solution, quietly waiting until I’m fully healed. That’s one of the nicest things about books.
I’m going to read a few more reviews and see what friends think of this 🥲❤️
Content Warnings
Moderate: Abandonment and Mental illness
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