The Eyes Are the Best Part
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3.7
Monika Kim
My Sister, the Serial Killer meets Boy Parts, this literary feminist howl-of-a-debut is going to crawl right under your skin...Ji-won's life is in disarray. Her father's affair has ripped her family into mouli-like shreds, leaving her to piece her mother, her sister and their crappy lives back together.So, when her mother's obnoxious new white boyfriend, George, enters the scene, bragging about his flawed knowledge of Korean cuisine and ogling Asian waitresses in restaurants, Ji-won's hold over her emotions strains. As he gawks at her and her sister around their tiny, claustrophobic apartment, while her mother cooks mouthwatering soybean stew, she realises she is no longer angered by him, but obsessed with his brilliant blue eyeballs.As her fixation grows, Ji-won decides that she must do the one thing that will curb her cravings... After all, her hunger and her rage deserve to be sated...
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Author
Monika Kim
Pages
276
Publisher
Octopus Publishing Group
Published Date
2024-07-04
ISBN
184091839X 9781840918397
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"A fever dream of a horror novel. I loved every morsel. 4 stars "
The Lazy Reader
"I didn't get what everyone was raving about. I was bored. I finished it expecting something great but no that either. "
Anna M. Parras
"4.5 ⭐️"
Hailey
"This book was nuts! I literally couldn't put it down. So surreal, so horrific, so good! "
Elise Meyers
"Not bad. I do think the ending was a bit unrealistic and kind of unsatisfying for some reason. I would give it 3.5 or 4 out of 5. "
Ruth S.
"I loved learning about Korean culture, and I love an unhinged mc, but this book just wasn't for me. I must have put it down 4-5 times and completely forgot I was even reading it (for weeks at a time!). It's not the gore that bothers me, I'm just not a lit-fic girlie no matter how hard I try, and I'll keep trying different sub-genres including more lit-horror, but so far I just find myself bored. And it's saying something when a character is eating eyeballs and I'm bored."
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Stephanie Bartley
"I thought it was interesting to follow this character through her insanity and trying to defend her family and her "feminist" like views. But it doesn't go very deep and can be hard to follow. "
Trinity Moore
"The last 10% of the book changed my 3 star into a 4 star! Monika Kim, you best be giving us more! lol<br/>⭐⭐⭐⭐<br/>"
Clara Hall
"I devoured this (no pun intended). No notes."
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Sarah Bear
