I expected to like this one a lot more than I did - it was fine, and it feels unfair to rate someone's true story, but I'm more rating the style/format of the book. It took a lot of courage for Se-hee to share her unedited (though translated) transcriptions with her therapist with the world. But I think it would have worked better had it been reworked into a more narrative style, rather than keeping the interview format.

A few parts of Se-hee's issues were super relatable to me, as I also suffer with depression and the sheer exhaustion of being alive (pre-meds!) was something I could relate hard to. However, I do agree with other reviewers that it mostly felt a bit shallow. Whether this is a reflection on the state of mental health care in South Korea, I'm not qualified to say.

I have the sequel on my Netgalley shelf and I'm hoping this one delves a little bit deeper into the meat of it all!