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A review by zenzi2read
Little Eyes by Samanta Schweblin
challenging
mysterious
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
This is the type of book that you think about long after you finished . The relationship relationship between a voyeuristic audience and a content creator is at the center of this novel. The author writes this in a way that leaves us as an audience distantly watching both and feeling fairly voyeuristic ourselves.
The obsessive nature of relationships is also explored here. These little fake pet like objects in the home add affair amount of tension and often spur on unexpected violence.
That being said, I struggled with deciding whether this was a plot driven or character driven story. There’s not much going on in terms of a plot, and as a reader, I was left to construct character details from brief glimpses of this large cast .
I was completely pulled in for the majority of the novel, but did start to feel my interest wane towards the end
The obsessive nature of relationships is also explored here. These little fake pet like objects in the home add affair amount of tension and often spur on unexpected violence.
That being said, I struggled with deciding whether this was a plot driven or character driven story. There’s not much going on in terms of a plot, and as a reader, I was left to construct character details from brief glimpses of this large cast .
I was completely pulled in for the majority of the novel, but did start to feel my interest wane towards the end
Content Warnings
Minor: Animal cruelty and Death of parent