# Intermediate Japanese Book Club // Now Reading: 人質の朗読会 // Next: すずめの戸締り **URL:** https://community.wanikani.com/t/intermediate-japanese-book-club-now-reading-%E4%BA%BA%E8%B3%AA%E3%81%AE%E6%9C%97%E8%AA%AD%E4%BC%9A-next-%E3%81%99%E3%81%9A%E3%82%81%E3%81%AE%E6%88%B8%E7%B7%A0%E3%82%8A/18908 **Category:** Book Clubs **Created:** [July 14, 2017, 2:34pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/intermediate-japanese-book-club-now-reading-%E4%BA%BA%E8%B3%AA%E3%81%AE%E6%9C%97%E8%AA%AD%E4%BC%9A-next-%E3%81%99%E3%81%9A%E3%82%81%E3%81%AE%E6%88%B8%E7%B7%A0%E3%82%8A/18908 "2017-07-14T14:34:10Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 4132
### Author: ![cheruko](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/cheruko/32/432293_2.png) [@cheruko](https://community.wanikani.com/u/cheruko) #### Post date: [February 23, 2022, 2:03pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/intermediate-japanese-book-club-now-reading-%E4%BA%BA%E8%B3%AA%E3%81%AE%E6%9C%97%E8%AA%AD%E4%BC%9A-next-%E3%81%99%E3%81%9A%E3%82%81%E3%81%AE%E6%88%B8%E7%B7%A0%E3%82%8A/18908/4132 "2022-02-23T14:03:47Z")
Hello! This is my first time making a book proposal! Hopefully everything is okay and this books level fits here! I’ve had this book for a while and keep meaning to get around to reading it haha. Also, are books translated into Japanese okay? # 死にたいけどトッポッキは食べたい (I Want to Die But I Want to Eat Tteokpokki) Author ペク セヒ【著】 Translator 山口 ミル【訳】 ## Summary > **Japanese** > > (From Amazonjp) > なんとなく気持ちが沈み、自己嫌悪に陥る。 > ぼんやりと、もう死んでしまいたいと思いつつ、 > 一方でお腹がすいてトッポッキが食べたいなと思う……。 > 気分障害と不安障害を抱える女性が、精神科医とのカウンセリングを通して、 > 自分自身を見つめ直した12週間のエッセイ。 > 韓国で若い世代を中心に40万部を超えるベストセラー! > 人間関係や自分自身に対する不安や不満を抱え、繊細な自分自身に苦しんだ経験のある > すべての人に寄り添う1冊です。 > **English** > > (From [Foyles](https://www.foyles.co.uk/witem/health-wellbeing/i-want-to-die-but-i-want-to-eat,baek-sehee-9781526650863)) > PSYCHIATRIST: So how can I help you? > ME: I don’t know, I’m - what’s the word - depressed? Do I have to go into detail? > Baek Se-Hee is a successful young social media director at a publishing house when she begins seeing a psychiatrist about her - what to call it? - depression? She feels persistently low, anxious, endlessly self-doubting, but also highly judgemental of others. She hides her feelings well at work and with friends; adept at performing the calmness, even ease, her lifestyle demands. The effort is exhausting, overwhelming, and keeps her from forming deep relationships. This can’t be normal. > But if she’s so hopeless, why can she always summon a yen for her favourite street food, the hot, spicy rice cake, tteokbokki? Is this just what life is like? > Recording her dialogues with her psychiatrist over a 12-week period, Baek begins to disentangle the feedback loops, knee-jerk reactions and harmful behaviours that keep her locked in a cycle of self-abuse. Part memoir, part self-help book, I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki is a book to keep close and to reach for in times of darkness. ## Availability [Amazon Japan (tankobon and ebook)](https://www.amazon.co.jp/-/en/%E3%83%9A%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%82%BB%E3%83%92/dp/4334951376/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=%E6%AD%BB%E3%81%AB%E3%81%9F%E3%81%84%E3%81%91%E3%81%A9%E3%83%88%E3%83%83%E3%83%9D%E3%83%83%E3%82%AD%E3%81%AF%E9%A3%9F%E3%81%B9%E3%81%9F%E3%81%84&qid=1645621997&sr=8-1) [BookWalker (ebook)](https://bookwalker.jp/deb96a0552-9fa7-43d3-93bd-fd1d942c979d/) [EBookJapan (ebook)](https://ebookjapan.yahoo.co.jp/books/582462/A002347203/) ## Personal Opinion Seems like an interesting read and was recently popular in Japan. This book is almost always in clear view whenever I go to any bookstores. I think it should be okay for this level of book club, but if it is a little on the easier side it might also be good for people who are join the intermediate book club for the first time? ### Pros and Cons for the Book Club #### Pros - Recently rather popular in Japan. - English version hasn’t been released yet (will be later this year). So you can read it ahead of others. - Not very long (tankobon is only 200 pages including the table of contents and extra pages) - There seems to be a second volume for those that enjoy it and want to read more #### Cons - Not originally Japanese (translated from Korean). Some people may prefer content originally in Japanese. - May not be a topic for everyone ## Pictures > **First Four Pages of Chapter One** > > ![Screen Shot 2022-02-23 at 10.43.00 PM](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/original/4X/4/0/d/40dac0c13cbaa702f942a729cd10c56b7423a93b.png) > ![Screen Shot 2022-02-23 at 10.43.04 PM](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/original/4X/0/4/a/04a3e7f91fb32ecb9e568225088df5abaef8f560.jpeg) ## Difficulty Poll How much effort would you need to read this book? _Poll ([view on site](https://community.wanikani.com/t/intermediate-japanese-book-club-now-reading-%E4%BA%BA%E8%B3%AA%E3%81%AE%E6%9C%97%E8%AA%AD%E4%BC%9A-next-%E3%81%99%E3%81%9A%E3%82%81%E3%81%AE%E6%88%B8%E7%B7%A0%E3%82%8A/18908/4132))_ --- _[View the full topic](https://community.wanikani.com/t/intermediate-japanese-book-club-now-reading-%E4%BA%BA%E8%B3%AA%E3%81%AE%E6%9C%97%E8%AA%AD%E4%BC%9A-next-%E3%81%99%E3%81%9A%E3%82%81%E3%81%AE%E6%88%B8%E7%B7%A0%E3%82%8A/18908)._