Reviews tagging 'Death'

Das Beste sind die Augen by Monika Kim

170 reviews

ohhthehorrors's review against another edition

3.5

dark tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Infidelity, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Cannibalism, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship

star_kissed_knights's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 59%

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Honestly, I liked the story and the writing but I just could not handle the body gore of this one. But for those who don’t mind it, this could be a great read!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Racism, Sexism, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Cannibalism, Stalking, Murder, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail

ladyofthorns's review against another edition

3.0

challenging dark tense

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Blood, Medical content, Cannibalism, Stalking, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail

ttbob1977's review against another edition

4.25

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Join Ji-won as she navigates the tricky world of the emerging cannibal. There is a lot of buildup before we go there, but what a payoff. Loved the super-short chapters, the various relationships between characters, the insight into Korean (and Korean-American) family dynamics, and in the end, Ji-won’s coup de grâce is really satisfying.  This is not for everyone; there is graphic body horror involved. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Blood, Cannibalism

irmitcrab's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous dark fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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the messages got a little heavy handed for me, like i didn't feel that it was necessary to have the feminist overtones spelled out so frequently and blatantly. i would rather have just drawn my own conclusions for ji-won's motivations bc they were pretty clear to begin with. BUT, all that being said, i thought it was a fun thriller with a fun killer protagonist to root for, and the heavy handedness of it made sense in that context. like yeah i'll root for the traumatized man killer, she deserves a little treat. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Stalking, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail

megtall's review against another edition

5.0

dark tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

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I loved the audio version of this book. I tried to read the print copy and couldn’t seem to get into it, so I’m glad I gave the audio copy a chance. I loved the descriptions, concise but still impactful. The narrator was great. Love it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Murder

Minor: Stalking

alysaz23's review against another edition

4.5

dark fast-paced

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Wow. I'm shook. How eerily creepy. I'm thankful I don't have blue eyes after reading this... 

I didn't read any descriptions of this before starting it, I just knew it would be more of a horror genre. I'm kind of really glad I went into this mostly blind (pun fully intended). It started off as a sad story about a young girl's struggling life, but flipped to a creepy story of eyeballs and revenge, and i was hooked the whole time. The ending was *chefs kiss*. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Murder

sapphic_alpaca's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional mysterious tense

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Blood, Cannibalism, Stalking, Murder, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol

Minor: Vomit, Classism

shawnlynnael's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Comparing this book to Crying in H-Mart is crazy. All the men in this book are so hatable, I kept saying someone should kill this guy knowing full well that the main character was going to kill that guy

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Misogyny, Blood, Medical content, Cannibalism

oddlydrawncristi's review against another edition

4.25

emotional sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This story was awesome. Feminism, Asian culture, and weird girl shit. I was mad, sad, and joyous at different parts. Highly recommend 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Sexism, Xenophobia