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The Eyes Are the Best Part

The Eyes Are the Best Part

Hardback Published on: 11/07/2024
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The Eyes Are the Best Part
Obsessed
Thank you so much to the publisher for sending me a reading copy of this book. I absolutely adored this book so so much! I ended up reading 90% of it in... READ MORE
Deborah
The Eyes Are the Best Part
Weirdly brilliant...
Next up, Monika Kim- The Eyes Are The Best Part which sitting here now thinking about it almost defies description. All I can confidently say is that I abs... READ MORE
Raven88
The Eyes Are the Best Part
Unlike anything else I have read!
Monika Kim is an exciting new voice to keep your eyes (pun intended) out for. Jiwon, eldest daughter, college student and main character, is spiralling dow... READ MORE
Hannah at Leeds
The Eyes Are the Best Part
Shield your eyes if you are squeamish
I absolutely devoured the majority of this book in one sitting. I did very much enjoy this book, it’s a literary psychological horror, so don’t expect jump... READ MORE
Megan
The Eyes Are the Best Part
A dark, uncomfortable and addictive read about obsession, fetishism & revenge.
The Eyes are the Best Part' by Monika Kim is fantastic! A dark, uncomfortable and addictive read about obsession, fetishism & revenge. A claustrophobic t... READ MORE
Jamie Lee at Trafford Centre
The Eyes Are the Best Part
Grotesquely Gratifying
A grossly graphic horror novel about revenge - The predator become the prey in this breakout debut as Ji-won becomes obsessed with the step fathers bright ... READ MORE
Emma Ewart at Waterstones Argyle St.
The Eyes Are the Best Part
Feminist horror is so back
From the first few pages I was sucked into this book! A really interesting commentary on how women, especially POC and minority women, are perceived and tr... READ MORE
Zhan - Trafford Centre
The Eyes Are the Best Part
finger lickin' good
This was ✨️delicious✨️ A book about female rage, racism and fetishisation, The Eyes Are the Best Part was a rollercoaster of emotions, including but not... READ MORE
Rhea | Barnstaple

Synopsis

'I was enticed from the first line' OYINKAN BRAITHWAITE, author of My Sister, the Serial Killer
This feminist howl-of-a-debut is going to crawl right under your skin
'An outstanding debut' NEW YORK TIMES
SHORTLISTED FOR THE GOODREADS CHOICE AWARDS
NEW YORK TIMES BEST HORROR BOOK OF THE YEAR
SPOTIFY 'BREAKOUT' AUTHOR OF THE YEAR

Ji-won's life is in disarray. Her father's affair has ripped the family to shreds, leaving her to piece their crappy lives back together.

Then her mother's new white boyfriend enters the scene, bragging about his knowledge of Korean culture. As he swaggers around their claustrophobic apartment ogling her teenage sister, Ji-won's grip on reality begins to slip.

She finds herself growing obsessed with his brilliant blue eyeballs, resolving to do the one thing that will save her family - and curb her cravings...

'Smartly written... A writer to watch' BIG ISSUE

'Darkly funny' FERN BRADY, author of Strong Female Character

'Monika Kim has written a novel every library needs to own' LIBRARY JOURNAL

Publisher information

  • Publisher: Octopus Publishing Group
  • ISBN: 9781914240867
  • Number of pages: 288
  • Dimensions: 218 x 136 x 30 mm
  • Weight: 396g
  • Languages: English

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The Eyes Are the Best Part
A totally grossed out horror book
I thought I was going to be reading a horror book based on the title, The Eyes Are The Best Part. But it isn’t a horror story, it’s a drama about the mothe... READ MORE
Sonya Chullan
The Eyes Are the Best Part
Vilifying men
A young Korean American woman struggles to contain all life's tribulations (family, friendships, romance, studies) and starts falling apart. Her descent in... READ MORE
Dmitry Podpolny
The Eyes Are the Best Part
Gross, graphic and hilarious
Wow, what did I just read?! Told from the POV of a young Korean woman coming to terms with her father abandoning the family - and being replaced by a conma... READ MORE
Rachel Bruce
The Eyes Are the Best Part
A stunning literary horror
An addictive, visceral, heartbreaking, clever novel. With comments on racism, sexism, fetish’s, stereotypes, white male gaze and complicated family dynamic... READ MORE
Holly Freya
The Eyes Are the Best Part
deliciously weird
A deliciously weird and gross book, where a yearning to eat the eyeballs of prople with blue eyes is somehow not out of place alongside the important but m... READ MORE
jean
The Eyes Are the Best Part
so disappointing - give it a miss
Title - The Eyes are The Best Part Author - Monika Kim Release Date - July 2024 Page Count - 275 Read/Listen Time - 7hrs Brief overview - not scary an... READ MORE
Jrstano
The Eyes Are the Best Part
Exquisitely well-done
The Eyes Are The Best Part was a provocative and original social horror that draws on untapped rage and unleashes it. There is just something I adore a... READ MORE
Emily (ashortbooklover)
The Eyes Are the Best Part
Quite liked it
Ji-won’s family life is already hanging by a thread after her father’s affair blows everything apart, leaving her to stitch the tatters into some semblance... READ MORE
Bookish Walker