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A review by effinalice
The Eyes Are the Best Part by Monika Kim
slow-paced
4.0
Ji-won's life is ripping apart at the seams one blue-eyed eyeball at a time.
The title could not be more fitting for Monika Kim's debut novel "The Eyes Are the Best Part."
It is a character-driven horror novel about a young college woman's intense fixation on the consumption of blue eyes. For anyone who is squeamish, beware; there are vivid depictions of human eyeballs.
Although the pacing of the novel is slow, Kim does a wonderful job at building tension and grabbing the reader's attention. I personally could not stop reading once I got started.
Apart from the main plot, Kim explores themes of racism, misogyny and the fetishization of Asian women. She depicts these themes through the actions of some of the characters in the novel. These scenes will make you angry and at times make your skin crawl until Ji-won takes her revenge. Please note although there are some graphic scenes I did not find any of them to be gratuitous.
I really enjoyed The Eyes Are the Best Part and I can't wait to see what Monika Kim does next.
Content Warnings: Consumption of human eyeballs, fetishization of Asian women
Publication date June 25th
Thank you to Kensington books and Netgalley for an advanced reader's copy of this book.
The title could not be more fitting for Monika Kim's debut novel "The Eyes Are the Best Part."
It is a character-driven horror novel about a young college woman's intense fixation on the consumption of blue eyes. For anyone who is squeamish, beware; there are vivid depictions of human eyeballs.
Although the pacing of the novel is slow, Kim does a wonderful job at building tension and grabbing the reader's attention. I personally could not stop reading once I got started.
Apart from the main plot, Kim explores themes of racism, misogyny and the fetishization of Asian women. She depicts these themes through the actions of some of the characters in the novel. These scenes will make you angry and at times make your skin crawl until Ji-won takes her revenge. Please note although there are some graphic scenes I did not find any of them to be gratuitous.
I really enjoyed The Eyes Are the Best Part and I can't wait to see what Monika Kim does next.
Content Warnings: Consumption of human eyeballs, fetishization of Asian women
Publication date June 25th
Thank you to Kensington books and Netgalley for an advanced reader's copy of this book.