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Queria morrer, mas no céu não tem tteokbokki by Baek Se-hee
24 reviews
emmareeser's review against another edition
3.0
Moderate: Child abuse and Domestic abuse
danimcthomas's review against another edition
3.25
Graphic: Body shaming, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, and Suicidal thoughts
The whole of this book discusses severe mental health issues. Avoid if that’s a trigger for you.onlyonebookshelf's review against another edition
4.0
Moderate: Grief
Minor: Child abuse
ellaticonstellation's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Body shaming, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting
icarusandthesun's review against another edition
4.25
so note that my rating conveys just that - how much i identified with the author - and not necessarily how good the book was from a literary or objective point of view.
for me, this was a very insightful read.
while i couldn't relate to every single thing the author struggles with (obviously), i did find quite a few of my own problems and struggles represented.
the therapist's answers and reflections weren't life-changing in and of themselves, but the combination between them and the author's ("the patient's") conclusions made for very thought-provoking chapters and situations.
inspiring if you dare to apply all of this to your life and actually try to 'self-help'.
i do need to mention though that some aspects of the book were a little repetitive, which makes sense, obviously, because one can only have so many struggles to mention and those don't go away once you check them off of your imaginery checklist, but just wanna mention it for the sake of your reading experience.
however, since the book is only around 200 pages long, i think you should be more than fine.
Graphic: Mental illness
Moderate: Bullying, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship
Minor: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Suicidal thoughts
nurlou's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
Graphic: Mental illness
Moderate: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Violence
Minor: Panic attacks/disorders
dlsmk's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship
litematcha's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Mental illness
Moderate: Child abuse
Minor: Homophobia
parasolcrafter's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Fatphobia, Mental illness, and Alcohol
Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Homophobia
yaoipaddle's review against another edition
3.5
Better than I thought. I read it in about one day!
I really related to Se-hee at times and it is always nice to feel seen. What I really liked was this just bringing back memories of sessions with my own therapist.
I didn't like how the front had the mix of essays and transcripts but then it abruptly stopped and only had essays at the end. I wish it was more evenly spaced out. I am not sure if all the essays at the end were added in the translated version or later releases. I would like to know.
If you like memoirs and have been a 20-something year old woman with low self esteem you may like this. To be honest I find Se-hee including parts about herself that I didn't really like made the book feel more honest. Not like we have to fully like someone to like their book. Kinda the whole point and weird if you feel like you have to.
Graphic: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Sexism, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Classism
Moderate: Eating disorder and Racism