Review by quabbityash - The Eyes Are the Best Part

quabbityash 's review for:

The Eyes Are the Best Part by Monika Kim

5.0

dark emotional funny tense medium-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

Love. Love. Love. Love. LOVE. this book. Oh my god.

Yeah there's stuff with eyeballs, but at its' core this book is about Korean lady revenge against white men and really all men, and probably all whiteness. I love lady revenge in every form.

I'm not a big body horror person, so I just skimmed over the descriptions of eyeballs being consumed, and it was still easy to follow along.

I love that there's just an understanding that

Ji-won is going to murder these men with no repercussions. The point isn't whodunnit or how she got away with it, but that she's moving in the world having done these violent, but maybe necessary, acts in the first place.

I love the end. I have father issues too.

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