The Eyes Are the Best Part
Ratings63
Average rating3.9
Added to listDnfwith 57 books.
Rating Description:
1.0 - DNF/Despise
1.5 - Almost DNFed and wish I had
2.0 - Almost DNFed but had redeeming qualities/just boring
2.5 - Alright with lots of notes
3.0 - Alright with notes but I'm not raving about it
3.5 - Technically good but I'm not raving about it
4.0 - Technically good, and/or I enjoyed it a lot
4.5 - Loved it, I wanted to highlight lines in the book but still with notes
5.0 - Loved it, I wanted to highlight lines in the book, and notes are very positive
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The book was both an easy and a hard read. It’s easy enough to read however the events in it just makes me want to put it down due to frustration. People were awful, including Ji-won, and I felt the need to just hit some of them. Credit to the author for being able to evoke such strong feelings in me.
While all the men in this book were pretty much scum, I feel the real villain here was Ji-won’s mother. Instead of helping her children cope with having been abandoned by their father, that self-centered, attention craving woman sacrificed her children’s comfort, self-worth, and safety just so she would feel attractive and wanted. She’s also training her children to be doormats for men. I can’t even see the mom’s action as cultural conditioning because Asian women are conditioned to sacrifice for their family even if it’s to their detriment. Her actions were all about her. There was no thought to her children, to the family. And she did it all for a man that was mooch and treated her like shit. Arghhh.
Given her parents’ actions and beliefs, I’m not surprised Ji-won was messed up.
The many rage inducing scenes in this book made the end very satisfactory to me despite it being open-ended. If it didn’t end that way, I may have thrown my book at someone.
Audiobook Critique:
I am peeved how the voice talent, in the audiobook, would speak slower for 2 of Ji-won’s former friends. They sounded like they were pre schoolers learning to talk instead of college students.
Rating Description:
1.0 - DNF/Despise
1.5 - Almost DNFed and wish I had
2.0 - Almost DNFed but had redeeming qualities/just boring
2.5 - Alright with lots of notes
3.0 - Alright with notes but I'm not raving about it
3.5 - Technically good but I'm not raving about it
4.0 - Technically good, and/or I enjoyed it a lot
4.5 - Loved it, I wanted to highlight lines in the book but still with notes
5.0 - Loved it, I wanted to highlight lines in the book, and notes are very positive
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The book was both an easy and a hard read. It’s easy enough to read however the events in it just makes me want to put it down due to frustration. People were awful, including Ji-won, and I felt the need to just hit some of them. Credit to the author for being able to evoke such strong feelings in me.
While all the men in this book were pretty much scum, I feel the real villain here was Ji-won’s mother. Instead of helping her children cope with having been abandoned by their father, that self-centered, attention craving woman sacrificed her children’s comfort, self-worth, and safety just so she would feel attractive and wanted. She’s also training her children to be doormats for men. I can’t even see the mom’s action as cultural conditioning because Asian women are conditioned to sacrifice for their family even if it’s to their detriment. Her actions were all about her. There was no thought to her children, to the family. And she did it all for a man that was mooch and treated her like shit. Arghhh.
Given her parents’ actions and beliefs, I’m not surprised Ji-won was messed up.
The many rage inducing scenes in this book made the end very satisfactory to me despite it being open-ended. If it didn’t end that way, I may have thrown my book at someone.
Audiobook Critique:
I am peeved how the voice talent, in the audiobook, would speak slower for 2 of Ji-won’s former friends. They sounded like they were pre schoolers learning to talk instead of college students.
Rating Description:
1.0 - DNF/Despise
1.5 - Almost DNFed and wish I had
2.0 - Almost DNFed but had redeeming qualities/just boring
2.5 - Alright with lots of notes
3.0 - Alright with notes but I'm not raving about it
3.5 - Technically good but I'm not raving about it
4.0 - Love but with notes
4.5 - Love it so much I want to highlight the book but still with notes
5.0 - Love it so much I want to highlight the book and notes are very positive
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The book was both an easy and a hard read. It’s easy enough to read however the events in it just makes me want to put it down due to frustration. People were awful, including Ji-won, and I felt the need to just hit some of them. Credit to the author for being able to evoke such strong feelings in me.
While all the men in this book were pretty much scum, I feel the real villain here was Ji-won’s mother. Instead of helping her children cope with having been abandoned by their father, that self-centered, attention craving woman sacrificed her children’s comfort, self-worth, and safety just so she would feel attractive and wanted. She’s also training her children to be doormats for men. I can’t even see the mom’s action as cultural conditioning because Asian women are conditioned to sacrifice for their family even if it’s to their detriment. Her actions were all about her. There was no thought to her children, to the family. And she did it all for a man that was mooch and treated her like shit. Arghhh.
Given her parents’ actions and beliefs, I’m not surprised Ji-won was messed up.
The many rage inducing scenes in this book made the end very satisfactory to me despite it being open-ended. If it didn’t end that way, I may have thrown my book at someone.
Audiobook Critique:
I am peeved how the voice talent, in the audiobook, would speak slower for 2 of Ji-won’s former friends. They sounded like they were pre schoolers learning to talk instead of college students.
Rating Description:
1.0 - DNF/Despise
1.5 - Almost DNFed and wish I had
2.0 - Almost DNFed but had redeeming qualities/just boring
2.5 - Alright with lots of notes
3.0 - Alright with notes but I'm not raving about it
3.5 - Technically good but I'm not raving about it
4.0 - Love but with notes
4.5 - Love it so much I want to highlight the book but still with notes
5.0 - Love it so much I want to highlight the book and notes are very positive
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The book was both an easy and a hard read. It’s easy enough to read however the events in it just makes me want to put it down due to frustration. People were awful, including Ji-won, and I felt the need to just hit some of them. Credit to the author for being able to evoke such strong feelings in me.
While all the men in this book were pretty much scum, I feel the real villain here was Ji-won’s mother. Instead of helping her children cope with having been abandoned by their father, that self-centered, attention craving woman sacrificed her children’s comfort, self-worth, and safety just so she would feel attractive and wanted. She’s also training her children to be doormats for men. I can’t even see the mom’s action as cultural conditioning because Asian women are conditioned to sacrifice for their family even if it’s to their detriment. Her actions were all about her. There was no thought to her children, to the family. And she did it all for a man that was mooch and treated her like shit. Arghhh.
Given her parents’ actions and beliefs, I’m not surprised Ji-won was messed up.
The many rage inducing scenes in this book made the end very satisfactory to me despite it being open-ended. If it didn’t end that way, I may have thrown my book at someone.
Audiobook Critique:
I am peeved how the voice talent, in the audiobook, would speak slower for 2 of Ji-won’s former friends. They sounded like they were pre schoolers learning to talk instead of college students.
