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A review by alilbitofmonica
The Eyes Are the Best Part by Monika Kim
4.0
This book is Weird but I liked it
This does spend a lot of time being more domestic at first and discussing a lot of issues regarding racism and familial drama/emotional abuse. BUT then Ji-won hallucinates herself in a room full of eyeballs and things just keep getting weirder and that’s when we start to see the horror elements creeping in.
- Was Ji-won making good decisions? No. But was she wrong in her end goal? …….Also no?
- This was a very interesting Korean-American family dynamic, showcasing high expectations and parent-child or sibling relationships in their good and bad.
- This felt a bit like a thriller with horror elements, but I love both of these things so it was great.
- I will never look at eyeballs the same.
This does spend a lot of time being more domestic at first and discussing a lot of issues regarding racism and familial drama/emotional abuse. BUT then Ji-won hallucinates herself in a room full of eyeballs and things just keep getting weirder and that’s when we start to see the horror elements creeping in.
- Was Ji-won making good decisions? No. But was she wrong in her end goal? …….Also no?
- This was a very interesting Korean-American family dynamic, showcasing high expectations and parent-child or sibling relationships in their good and bad.
- This felt a bit like a thriller with horror elements, but I love both of these things so it was great.
- I will never look at eyeballs the same.
Graphic: Racism and Cannibalism
Moderate: Violence and Murder
Minor: Racial slurs