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uglylatte's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Mental illness
Minor: Fatphobia
mangofraiche's review against another edition
3.0
Moderate: Alcoholism, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, and Alcohol
ruthhelizabeth's review against another edition
2.5
Graphic: Fatphobia, Mental illness, and Suicide
Moderate: Emotional abuse
Minor: Addiction, Physical abuse, Racism, Toxic relationship, Lesbophobia, and Toxic friendship
mdavis26's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Body shaming, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Alcohol
hello_lovely13's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Body shaming, Fatphobia, and Mental illness
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Alcohol
Minor: Suicidal thoughts
booksjessreads's review against another edition
3.0
I think this was a really easy-to-read memoir and it was very fast paced, which concerned me in areas that it was so quick to get through, despite the heavy subject matter. I appreciated that each chapter was not just dialogue between the psychiatrist and the author and was broken up with an introduction and an analysis of the conversation afterwards.
Despite this though, I did also feel the memoir to be quite average. Not that this book is supposed to be astounding, groundbreaking, or full of fancy prose. However, if it hadn't been so easy to read, I would have just DNF'ed. It also just felt very samey to a lot of the mental health memoirs and fiction that is already out there. There is supposed to be a second book coming out next year, but I feel like this is better as a stand-alone, and it certainly didn't grip me enough to want to read the second one.
Overall, an average memoir, but I would suggest it as a good read for those new to translated fiction with regards to Korean society and mental health.
Graphic: Body shaming, Fatphobia, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders
Moderate: Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol
nikenacs's review against another edition
3.0
One thing though - sometimes I found the conversations so weird?? Very often either Sehee or the Psychiatrist will say something that seems completely out of context or out of pocket, and it doesn't get adressdd, and the conversation moves on. And they often change topics super randomly, at least in my perception. Idk if it's the editing, or if they were actually like that?? But it made it feel less real, which broke the whole ~flow~ for me.
Graphic: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Fatphobia, and Mental illness
meaghanbethany's review against another edition
2.5
Some favourite lines: "I want to march and hold hands with those who feel similarly to me", "I have trouble both accepting my own darkness and throwing myself into the light"
Minor: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, and Mental illness
withlivjones's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Mental illness
Moderate: Body shaming, Fatphobia, Suicidal thoughts, and Alcohol
gracereallyreads's review against another edition
3.0
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Fatphobia