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I do not think this burgeoning subgenre is for me: too much cross over with "literary horror", too slow a burn. A single nightmare is the first 60 pages of a horror novel (while the rest is a basically straightforward family drama) just... isn't enough for me.

This read of a Korean American student that is having issues with racist men and the desire to eat their eyeballs.

3⭐️/5⭐️

Love the cover... but for me, the book was just ok.

👁️Sunglasses & sleep mask needed after reading this Stoker-award-nominated chiller about a Korean-American college student trapped between racist, chauvinistic men and her growing hunger for eyeballs. Unique, clever, scary read during my work trip to Hawaii. I am now afraid of eyeballs. 👁️ #horror #unique #clever #diversebooks

Hmm 🤔 wasn‘t a fan of this one. Ji-Won is an 18 year old college student struggling through lost friendships, her parents divorce, and her mother‘s new, creepy bf. She feels responsible for protecting her mother and younger sister all while her mental health is deteriorating. The chapters were extremely short and i really didn‘t like any of the characters. There was a lot (towards the end) that was questionable. First half was extremely slow.

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This was my first read of the spooky season and man did it set the tone for the month. An unsettling read with a semi-unreliable narrator who has a gruesome craving.

October #doublespin ✅ @TheAromaofBooks

…ew. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Five words: blue, soft, squishy, wet, jelly

#twowitches #hauntedshelf

There were actually MORE eyes than expected. As advertised? But still. Ew.
#hauntedshelf #flerken book 2!

#WickedWhispers

Some covers from my current stacks that I think are #Gruesome or have a gruesome vibe. There‘s something about skeletons, body parts & distorted faces that is 😱

The 2 on the left I‘ve read (& loved) & the 3 on the right are in my #TBR. None of them made my #HauntedShelf TBR shortlist but I am going to try to work Diavola in.

Team #Flerken

This was definitely an unusual and disgusting horror novel. The beginning was a bit slow, but the end was oddly satisfying in a twisted way.

#illumicrate horror sub. I was going to cancel then this came. It was a good story but what a fan freaking tastic cover!

You had me at "feminist psychological horror," and "graphic feminine revenge horror." I am apprehensive w the horror genre that a book may not actually be that scary and not worth my time, etc., but I was actually suffering through some of these pages, like our girl Monika Kim needs HELP. It's also beautifully written and I killed it in one sitting -- but primarily , just a wonderful horror story, so well done.

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Wowza. This is claustrophobic, scathing, and completely unhinged as it skewers the intersection of class, race, and gender. The short chapters make it easy to devour this book, even if some parts will turn your stomach. This will be a hard one to forget! #Aardvark #AardvarkBookClub

As much as I enjoyed this book, some of the characters could be rather frustrating, and it was quite bleak.
After Ji-won's father walks out on his family, her mother starts dating George, and she develops an unhealthy interest in eyes, especially blue ones 👁
#WickedWords #Revenge @AsYouWish
#Aardvark

3.5 stars

I liked this more than I thought I would. All the men in Ji-won's life are jerks. When she starts killing them and eating the eyes, I had more of a feeling that they deserved it, rather than feeling sorry for them. The ending felt unnecessarily complicated, which caused more questions than answers.

This isn't a bad book, but it's not a good one either. 70% of this book was beyond boring. I actually went back to read the description because I thought I had started the wrong book. When it finally does get to the gory bits, they are good, but by the time you get there, you just don't care anymore. Some of the characters are so one-dimensional and feel very cookie cutter. This book is also VERY repetitive. 2.5/5

From Evernight!!😍

“Fate can bring you together, but it can just as easily tear you apart.”

This was a shocking, addictive, horrific yet very readable horror about a young woman in her first year of college. Her father leaves their family and to make matters worse, her mother soon after begins dating a fairly gross man. A mix of new adult contemporary, family drama, commentary on being Asian American and a lot of body horror. One of the best new books of the year! 5⭐️

This book was bizarre and gross and a little far-fetched. So I thought it was great. 4⭐️s You definitely don't want to be eating while you are reading it. It is an appetite killer or an ingenious diet plan. Your pick.

I found myself rooting for the killer. I don't know what that says about me, but I really hoped she'd get her prize and get away with it.

Full disclosure: as a vet, ophthalmology was probably my least favorite part of the job. Eyes are gross. They just are. So I didn‘t know if I could handle a horror book based around eyes, but I loved this. The more I reflect on Ji-won‘s appetite for eyes, the more I enjoy it. Funny and gross with some great social commentary about white men fetishizing Asian women, this is another horror win for @AardvarkBookClub ! #aardvark

Horror recs to disrupt your Circadian rhythm 😱

#aardvarkbookclub #horror

Crying in H-Mart meets My Sister, the Serial Killer in this feminist psychological horror about the making of a female serial killer from a Korean-American perspective.

New members in the USA can use code BEACHREAD at checkout to get their first book for only $4 💙

#aardvarkbookclub #horror #theeyesarethebestpart

I raise an eyeball-tini to @aardvarkbookclub for including the tagged book as one of this month's selections! Loving the horror selections. Also selected the new Turton. Both look like a a strange, & great time.

A sharp-witted, high fantasy farce, a feminist psychological horror about the making of a female serial killer, an inventive, high-concept murder mystery with an ingenious puzzle,, a juicy, hilarious and sophisticated tale of love, money, murder, sex a glorious and tantalizing new escape about chemistry, oysters and a man with both ), and an exquisite homage to the lesbian pulp of yore.

#aardvarkbookclub #junepicks

It‘s that time of the month!!

So for #bookofthemonth #botm I was disappointed, but kind of accidentally picked an audio book — hey, something to try (not the author, who I like, but audio through BOTM 🤔)! Let‘s see if I can listen at speed 😉

But #aardvark #aardvarkbookclub did not disappoint! So excited 👏🏽👏🏽 (the 3 in the upper left)

Also, here are 3 of my current reads… the Lawrence is pretty dense, but so interesting— anyone read it??

It‘s going to be a great June! #aardvark #botm

I was just looking at books for a reading challenge when I came across the tagged book & I think the cover is the most disturbing one I have seen for a release this year, I can't wait to read it when it release this summer. I will share my trauma with you when it happens lol