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

hopeful informative reflective relaxing fast-paced

3.0

i was sooooo close to giving this book a 2.5-2.75 but the back half reflections saved it and so i’m giving it a 3.25. i found the transcripts of the therapy sessions and the brief reflections afterwards to be dry. you obviously lose the nuance of body language and tone from a real conversation, and so at times she just came across as unlikable and repetitive, and i understand that’s partially why she went to therapy in the first place.

it was just fine, mostly eh but everything from the epilogue onward sparkled. NOW i can see why the book is so popular. she has such a way with words when she really gets deep into each transcript’s central thesis. even the note from her therapist was really great. so the back half balanced out the front half for me.

actually i’m demoting it to a 3 because of the bit of fatphobia in there 
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