Život studentky Čiwon se ocitá v troskách, když její otec znenadání odejde za jinou ženou… Matka propadá zoufalství. Mladší sestra hledá ve zhrouceném světě záchytné body. Se studijními výsledky Čiwon to začíná jít z kopce. A do toho se přidávají ty sny – živé, barvité, čím dál obtížněji odlišitelné od reality. Sníst rybí oči prý podle korejské pověry přináší štěstí. Ale co jiné oči? Třeba takové, jako má George, matčin nový přítel, který se vetřel do jejich malého bytu, ale nevypadá to, že by byl zrovna vzor ctností? Jeho oči jsou modré, zářivé, přesně takové, jaké se Čiwon zjevují v jejích hororových snech. Jak by asi chutnaly? A tak Čiwon, která původně jenom chtěla, aby všechno bylo jako dřív, klesá po děsivé spirále čím dál hlouběji, objevuje v sobě nové touhy... a nový hlad.

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING 'GOOD FOR HER' NOVELFeatures on New York Times' Best Horror Fiction of 2024 listA TIME Top 100 Book of the YearSoon to be a major motion pictureShortlisted for the Goodreads Choice Awards for Best Debut Novel and Horror BookIn GOOGLE PLAY's top reads of 2024A Barnes & Noble Best Horror of 2024A Kobo Best Horror Audiobook of 2024Spotify Editors' Pick 2024 and Spotify Breakout Authors 2024'THE EYES ARE THE BEST PART is an outstanding debut, a feminist horror novel that tackles big social issues and also delivers the gory origin story of a female serial killer.' - NEW YORK TIMES'I WAS ENTICED FROM THE FIRST LINE' - Oyinkan Braithwaite'DARKLY FUNNY' - Fern Brady'A DARK MODERN FAIRYTALE OF FEMALE VENGEANCE' - Harriet Walker'VERY CLEVER, VERY WEIRD, BRILLIANT SOCIAL COMMENTARY' - Abigail BergstromThere's an ugly voice inside my head. It's not real, it hisses. None of this is. Just kill him. Taste his eyes.I want to. More than anything. So what if it's real?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 jumbled lives back together.To top it off, her mother's obnoxious new white boyfriend enters the scene bragging about his flawed knowledge of Korean Culture, causing Ji-won's hold over her emotions to become strained. 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.'Violent, gruesome and wildly original' - NEW YORK TIMES'Utterly fantastic, female revenge horror at its finest. Perfect for readers of Tender is the Flesh' WATERSTONES'Smartly written, [this is] a fun and nasty debut with real edge to it. A promising calling card from a writer to watch' THE BIG ISSUE'One of the most assured feminist horror novels I have ever read' Bookseller'Dark, uncomfortable and addictive... I was hooked from page one. What an exciting debut' Bookseller'If you love unhinged women and seeing them get their revenge, then you NEED to read this... A very well-written social commentary on misogyny, racism and cultural fetishisation' Bookseller'Deliciously weird' - Reader review'Full of teeth clenching tension and satisfying vengeance. This debut is not one to miss!' - Reader review 'Gross, graphic and hilarious' - Reader review

Ji-won's life tumbles into disarray in the wake of her Appa's extramarital affair and subsequent departure. Her mother, distraught. Her younger sister, hurt and confused.Her college freshman grades, failing. Her dreams, horrifying... yet enticing.In them, Ji-won walks through bloody rooms full of eyes.Succulent blue eyes. Salivatingly blue eyes. Eyes the same shape and shade as George's, who is Umma's obnoxious new boyfriend.George has already overstayed his welcome in her family's claustrophobic apartment. He brags about his puffed-up consulting job, ogles Asian waitresses while dining out, and acts condescending toward Ji-won and her sister as if he deserves all of Umma's fawning adoration. No, George doesn't deserve anything from her family.Ji-won will make sure of that.For no matter how many victims accumulate around her campus or how many people she must deceive and manipulate, Ji-won's hunger and her rage deserve to be sated.A brilliantly inventive, subversive novel about a young woman unraveling, Monika Kim'sThe Eyes Are the Best Partis a story of a family falling apart and trying to find their way back to each other, marking a bold new voice in horror that will leave readers mesmerized and craving more.

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