spyder227 's review for:

I Want to Die But I Want to Eat Tteokpokki by Baek Se-hee

4.0

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A raw, very real portrait of the therapy experience with the added factor of being through a Korean lens instead of the American one I'm more used to. It was an interesting read, and while I would've loved some more depth to the sessions I can understand why the author chose to keep some things private (as well as cut down on content for the sake of the book not being utterly massive). I really appreciated the way this book portrayed therapy (and the healing process) as nonlinear, with its own ups and downs, rather than the author ever reaching a final point where she was "cured".