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A review by sidekicksam
The Eyes Are the Best Part by Monika Kim
dark
funny
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
🥢 The Eyes Are The Best Part 🥢
New unhinged girlie book alert!!!!!I devoured this book as Ji-won devours blue eyes.
I loved how this book started off with me asking myself 'huh, this is not horror? where is the story i expected to get?' and it unraveled and spiraled quickly (but not too quickly!) into the most bonkers of stories. The Eyes Are The Best Part is a story of grief, complicated family dynamics, obsession, the fetishization of Asian women, immigration trauma, cultural differences, and of course: body horror!!!
George, and everything he stands for, was such a hilarious addition to the story. Both his misogyistic and fetishizing tendendies, but also his relationship to Ji-won's mom and the confusing relationship she has with him, made him such a great side character and clear cause (the catalyst really) of her descent into madness. I think this summarizes their rapport pretty well: "Oriental? What am I, a rug?"
God, I loved this book! Exactly my kind of weird, unsettling, far-fetched and gory story. If you loved books like Chlorine, A Certain Hunger and those written by Mariana Enriquez, get this on your tbr now!!!!
New unhinged girlie book alert!!!!!
I loved how this book started off with me asking myself 'huh, this is not horror? where is the story i expected to get?' and it unraveled and spiraled quickly (but not too quickly!) into the most bonkers of stories. The Eyes Are The Best Part is a story of grief, complicated family dynamics, obsession, the fetishization of Asian women, immigration trauma, cultural differences, and of course: body horror!!!
George, and everything he stands for, was such a hilarious addition to the story. Both his misogyistic and fetishizing tendendies, but also his relationship to Ji-won's mom and the confusing relationship she has with him, made him such a great side character and clear cause (the catalyst really) of her descent into madness. I think this summarizes their rapport pretty well: "Oriental? What am I, a rug?"
God, I loved this book! Exactly my kind of weird, unsettling, far-fetched and gory story. If you loved books like Chlorine, A Certain Hunger and those written by Mariana Enriquez, get this on your tbr now!!!!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Gore, and Racism