The Eyes Are the Best Part
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING 'GOOD FOR HER' K-THRILLER
Author: Monika Kim
7th July 2025
Paperback
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Summary
Crying in H Mart meets My Sister, the Serial Killer in this psychological horror about the making of a female serial killer
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'I was enticed from the first line' OYINKAN BRAITHWAITE, author of My Sister, the Serial Killer
SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE'An outstanding debut' NEW YORK TIMESThis feminist howl-of-a-debut is going to crawl right under your skin...Shortlisted for the Goodreads Choice AwardsNew York Times Best Horror of 2024TIME Top 100 Book of 2024Google Play Top Read of 2024Spotify Breakout Author of 2024Kobo Best Audiobook of 2024Ji-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 and obnoxious white boyfriend enters the scene, bragging about his knowledge of Korean culture and ogling Asian waitresses. As he gawks at her teenage sister around their claustrophobic apartment, Ji won's grip on reality begins to slip.She finds herself growing obsessed with the white boyfriend's brilliant blue eyeballs, resolving to do the one thing that will save her family - and curb her cravings...'Violent, gruesome and wildly original' NEW YORK TIMES'Darkly funny' FERN BRADY'Utterly fantastic, female revenge horror at its finest' WATERSTONES'Smartly written... A promising calling card from a writer to watch' THE BIG ISSUE'A dark modern fairytale of female vengeance' HARRIET WALKERCritic Reviews
I was enticed from the first line -- Oyinkan Braithwaite, author of My Sister, the Serial Killer
An outstanding debut... Violent, smart, gruesome and wildly original New York Times
Darkly funny -- Fern Brady, author of Strong Female Character
Visceral, disgusting, glorious. I loved this book and every character in it. Monika Kim's sentences are superb, and I was riveted and nauseated from the very first page -- CJ Leede, author of Maeve Fly
An inventive, terrifying tale of misogyny, Asian fetishisation, and cannibalism TIME
Obsessive, grotesque, and never predictable, this is a horror debut to sink your teeth into -- Emily M. Danforth, author of The Miseducation of Cameron Post
Smartly written, The Eyes Are the Best Part is a fun and nasty debut with real edge to it. A promising calling card from a writer to watch Big Issue
Utterly fantastic, female revenge horror at its finest. Perfect for readers of Tender is the Flesh Waterstones
Ji-won will stay with readers whether they want her to or not... Monika Kim has written a novel that every library needs to own Library Journal
Incredibly readable... Kim has delivered an entertaining and gruesome romp on female rage ABC
A new voice in horror... Gripping Booklist
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.
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7th July 2025
