Description
My Sister, the Serial Killer meets Boy Parts, this literary feminist howl-of-a-debut is going to crawl right under your skin...
Ji-won's life is in disarray. Her father's affair has ripped her family to shreds, leaving her to piece their crappy lives back together.
So, when her mother's obnoxious new white boyfriend enters the scene, bragging about his flawed knowledge of Korean culture and ogling Asian waitresses in restaurants, Ji-won's hold over her emotionsstrains. As he gawks at her and her sister around their claustrophobic apartment, Ji-won becomes more and more obsessed with his brilliant blue eyeballs.
As her fixation and rage grow, Ji-won decides that she must do the one thing that will save her family... and also curb her cravings.
About the Author
Monika Kim is a second-generation Korean-American living in Los Angeles's Koreatown. She learned about eating fish eyes and other Korean superstitions from her mother, who immigrated to Los Angeles from Seoul in 1985.
Reviews
Claustrophobic and brilliantly gory, Monika Kim has created a dark modern fairytale of female vengeance -- Harriet Walker
Darkly funny -- Fern Brady
Funny and grotesque and rooted in body horror. A corrective story about fetishism, it's reminiscent of Boy Parts taking the human form and transforming it into something else entirely, very clever, very weird and brilliant social commentary. -- Abigail Bergstrom
Its unhinged and brilliant, loved reading about the family and the ending chapters have to be my favorite of the year. -- Leo, Goodreads review
THE EYES ARE THE BEST PART has it all: delicious writing that is expertly paced; characters that feel so real that you can imagine yourself sitting in their 700 sq. ft. apartment with them, breathing in all of Umma's cooking and just waiting for George to get what is coming for him. -- Ryan, Goodreads review
This book has crawled under my skin and won't let me go. Days after I've finished it, I can't get it out of my head. I couldn't turn the pages fast enough. (Short chapters were in here too). The tension in the book is palpable as in the sense of dread. You just wait for the next shoe to drop. I have a book hangover now. I don't want anything in my head but this book. -- Victoria, Goodreads reviewer
I've been frothing at the mouth for this book ever since it was just a query letter and first 300 words posted for critique on an online forum, and I'm thrilled to report it was just as unhinged and brilliant as I'd hoped. I devoured it (ha) in a sitting. Every element landed for me: the clean prose, the meaty character work, the tragic family drama, the tight plotting, the furious, ferocious treatment of theme. It was a desperate, feral ride with such masterful control of pacing and tension that it left me breathless, as well as screaming at the top of my voice I SUPPORT WOMEN'S WRONGS.
Loved it. Already one of my top releases of 2024. If you liked Eliza Clark's Boy Parts, you'll love this.
Ji-won makes Amazing Amy (Gone Girl) look tame. If you, liked Maeve Fly--- this is better. * Becky, Goodreads reviewer *
If you're looking for feminist horror novel that packs a punch, you've come to the right place. * Julia Lewis, Goodreads reviewer *
Book Information
ISBN 9781840918397
Author Monika Kim
Format Paperback
Page Count 288
Imprint BRAZEN
Publisher Octopus Publishing Group
