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robinks's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Fatphobia, Mental illness, Dysphoria, Body shaming, and Alcohol
Moderate: Child abuse, Classism, Emotional abuse, Bullying, Eating disorder, Abandonment, and Suicidal thoughts
Minor: War, Xenophobia, Alcoholism, Animal death, Domestic abuse, and Lesbophobia
mariaalice's review against another edition
Moderate: Homophobia and Xenophobia
bashsbooks's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Mental illness
Moderate: Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Alcohol, and Fatphobia
Minor: Lesbophobia, Racism, Misogyny, Suicide, and Xenophobia
sarahussain's review against another edition
4.0
Minor: Fatphobia and Xenophobia
There are brief mentions of the author being fatphobic and xenophobic when battling her thoughts, it’s almost mentioned in passing but just to be aware.joshuahc's review against another edition
2.5
Graphic: Body shaming, Mental illness, and Fatphobia
Moderate: Domestic abuse and Emotional abuse
Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Homophobia, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Xenophobia
lauxreads's review against another edition
2.5
Upon taking another look, I quickly realized that I want to die but I want to eat tteokbokki wasn't a fiction book about a woman suffering with mental health issues, as I initially thought, but is instead a memoir of a woman's experience with therapy and working through her problems. I was very interested in the way the author would portray her experience, so of course I bought the book.
Now that I finished, I'm not sure what to think about it. Certainly, the matter of the book and the described exoeriences are deeply personal to the author so I don't want to go too deep into describing how I only found myself relating to short passages at the time, while other experiences were strange to me.
As far as the style of the book is concerned, the fact that it is largely made up of transcripts from therapy sessions is interesting to me. Since therapy is usually a confidential setting between the patient and the therapist, being the 'third person in the room' as a reader was interesting. However, I didnt enjoy the parts in between as much and the epilogues felt a bit distracting to me.
I would probably have enjoyed the book more if it was entirely made up of therapy transcripts - maybe including the author's thoughts where necessary.
At times, the descriptions also felt superficial, which is why I would have preferred for the book to be longer and to go into more detail.
Nonetheless, it was an interesting and fairly quick read that did include some sentences that I will also keep in mind for myself from time to time.
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, Mental illness, and Fatphobia
Minor: Homophobia and Xenophobia
leefox's review against another edition
2.0
Graphic: Alcohol, Fatphobia, and Mental illness
Minor: Xenophobia