Reviews tagging 'Terminal illness'

The Eyes Are the Best Part by Monika Kim

2 reviews

yaqub_reads's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark funny hopeful medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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the story follows 18 year old ji-won when her father leaves their family for another woman and her mother has a new, white boyfriend.

this was fun as hell to read. the chapters are short and perfect for me. ji-won’s descent into madness starts off slow then boils into a rageful vengeance. 

this was not marketed as a queer story but i know what you are ji-won.

one thing i loved about the ending was how it leads you to believe for one second that she’s “cured” after they remove her brain tumor, that she no longer feels murderous tendencies. i was so relieved to be wrong.

i loved this book, i’d love to read more books about asian rage.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Infidelity, Racism, Sexism, Terminal illness, Blood, Cannibalism, Stalking, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Terminal illness, Medical content, Toxic friendship

spacecadetlav's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This book was so incredible. I was hooked from the beginning and it did not let down once the horror kicked in. Every action felt purposeful in progressing the narrative of the state of this family.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Emotional abuse, Torture, Xenophobia, Cannibalism, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment

Moderate: Racism

Minor: Terminal illness