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A review by alphonzs
I Want to Die but I Still Want to Eat Tteokbokki by Baek Se-hee
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
I liked this better than the first one, although it's darker and goes into more challenging issues, so you might want to check the Content Warnings.
For the author things got a lot worse before getting better, it moved to topics of weight management, dieting, and self-harm. I saw glimpses of being more at odds with the psychiatrist recommendations which I felt make the story more grounded.
It's a therapy memoir and a deeply personal story, so it feels wrong to say whether I liked it or not, but I don't regret reading it. It made me aware to be careful about how I talk to people, we don't really know what struggles and burdens everyone else is carrying.
For the author things got a lot worse before getting better, it moved to topics of weight management, dieting, and self-harm. I saw glimpses of being more at odds with the psychiatrist recommendations which I felt make the story more grounded.
It's a therapy memoir and a deeply personal story, so it feels wrong to say whether I liked it or not, but I don't regret reading it. It made me aware to be careful about how I talk to people, we don't really know what struggles and burdens everyone else is carrying.