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harini21's review against another edition
4.0
i'm all for open, raw conversations and i have no idea how tteokbokki tastes but i ATE this book up. i found myself underlining lines of every other page that seemed to be calling me out BAD but it's very refreshing to learn and see the author trying to understand her harmful behavioural patterns that she resorts to and finding ways to combat it, and starting over again. this is such a necessary book in my opinion, as the stigma and shame surrounding therapy in indian culture is still prevalent even though it feels a bit liberated among gen z. i loved the conversations i had read, and i would definitely come around revisiting this book soon.
elisapillot's review against another edition
reflective
medium-paced
3.0
I wouldn’t publish my therapy session if someone had a gun to my head. This author is so real for that.
deerielion's review against another edition
3.0
The first thing that attracted me to this book was its title, "I want to die but I want to eat tteokbokki." I thought it was funny and catchy that it didn't hit me at all as a serious writing on depression.
This book is mainly a transcript between the author and her psychiatrist during her 12-week sessions and some notes in between from the author.
The author had generously shared her thoughts and her conditions with the readers, and the professional advice from her therapist. While I could relate to her in many areas, it kind of frustrates me how "black and white" things are for her. She is always at the two ends of the spectrum and never in between. If it isn't A then it must be Z. Every other letter does not exist in the alphabet. And this must be extremely frustrating to the author, too.
I really love these two parts -- I find them very consoling:
Where the Psychiatrist said, "When we are sinking in water, it can be a relief to feel the ground beneath our feet, the rock bottom, because we know we can kick against it to rise again."
And the author's note, "Being imperfect is all right and being awkward is okay."
Perhaps because this is a translated version, I find the writing isn't too smooth. I would imagine it being better in its original Korean version.
This book is mainly a transcript between the author and her psychiatrist during her 12-week sessions and some notes in between from the author.
The author had generously shared her thoughts and her conditions with the readers, and the professional advice from her therapist. While I could relate to her in many areas, it kind of frustrates me how "black and white" things are for her. She is always at the two ends of the spectrum and never in between. If it isn't A then it must be Z. Every other letter does not exist in the alphabet. And this must be extremely frustrating to the author, too.
I really love these two parts -- I find them very consoling:
Where the Psychiatrist said, "When we are sinking in water, it can be a relief to feel the ground beneath our feet, the rock bottom, because we know we can kick against it to rise again."
And the author's note, "Being imperfect is all right and being awkward is okay."
Perhaps because this is a translated version, I find the writing isn't too smooth. I would imagine it being better in its original Korean version.