Reviews tagging 'Body shaming'

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

87 reviews

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.

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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

han_amey's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Mental illness, and Alcohol

Moderate: Eating disorder and Misogyny

I was expecting more depth to this book. Every topic they touched on which I believed could have been interesting they never delved deeper on, and the therapist in the conversations if anything seemed a bit dismissive. The writing just seemed a little lazy, because the short passages of prose were well written, but the majority of the book was just transcripts from the (poorly delivered) therapy sessions.

readingpicnic's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Mental illness, and Fatphobia

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

tlindhorst's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad slow-paced

3.0

Written by a 20 something Korean woman about her struggles with depression & self-judgment. A helpful read for cross cultural mental health issues. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fatphobia, Alcohol, Mental illness, Body shaming, Suicidal thoughts, Domestic abuse, and Dysphoria

The author’s experience of domestic violence as a child is never connected to her mental health issues

annabananadel's review against another edition

3.5

“The important thing here isn’t whether you are being loved, it’s how you will accept the love that comes your way.”

This is such an easy read that I definitely did enjoy but lowkey question the main character too. I mean, it was definitely explained by the psychiatrist why she's acting and feeling that way but it was too much. Although who am I to judge when I don't know what's happening inside those four walls in therapy. I did enjoy the realizations because it does answer some of the questions I have for myself or for others. What let me down is the "after therapy" part of the book. So around 40 pages of the book? It was just random stuff she's thought of that maybe had affected how she came to be. I would definitely recommend this to people who are in therapy or simply just feeling down. Just so they know that it's normal. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Body shaming

aliyachaudhry's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Body shaming, Mental illness, Bullying, Classism, and Alcohol

lifeofchrstnlvly's review against another edition

reflective fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Fatphobia, Body shaming, and Alcoholism

Minor: Domestic abuse

scribblinginthemargins's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

2.0

I really don't get the hype with this book. Whilst it's incredibly courageous of the author to be so vulnerable in sharing her reflections and direct transcripts of her therapy sessions, the whole thing just did not feel very profound or even necessarily emotive or interesting to me.

I may be biased as I work on a psychiatric ward with people at high risk due to mental illness, but I didn't find myself able to see her experiences as having a significant impact on her life or functioning to warrant that amount of input from a psychiatrist - maybe it's cultural distance but the psychiatrist almost seemed to create dependence for the author, medicalising all her (actually very normal) difficulties and reducing her sense of efficiency and over-medicating her. The author almost felt unreal, a character of exaggerated dependent personality and someone in need of a therapist who could empower her to make her own choices and develop her ability to look outside and beyond her self-perception and self-obsession.

Again, harsh, but it also felt like she was trying way too hard to be profound and just couldn't hit the mark at all. The writing was disjointed and over the top at times, giving the narrative a very wishy-washy feel.

I personally wouldnt recommend this book to anyone struggling with low mood or feelings of depression or anxiety. What I would say is: find your trusted person. Tell someone about your struggles but let it be someone who can gently encourage you to remember how effective you are in finding ways through. Rather than reaching for a book because it's plastered all over Instagram, reach for a person, seek out human connection and never forget that you have a unique and important role to play in your own recovery and self-growth. There is always hope.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Body shaming, and Mental illness

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