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Ji-won is a Korean-American college freshman in California, newly cast as the head of her household after her father abandons the family for another woman. Her mother is barely coping, her teenage sister needs looking after, and into this fragile home comes George — her mother's smug new white boyfriend, whose pale blue eyes Ji-won cannot stop thinking about.\n\nWhat begins as an intrusive fixation deepens into a hunger: vivid, dreamlike, and eventually unstoppable. Kim braids body horror and psychological unease with a razor-edged critique of misogyny, the fetishization of Asian women, and the disorientation of living between two cultures.\n\nFrequently described as a \"good for her\" revenge story, it is a slim, unsettling, blackly funny book about grief, rage, and the monstrous places a family in crisis can push a person toward. Readers sensitive to graphic violence, gore, and cannibalism should approach with care.","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.seekquel.app\u002Fstorage\u002Fcovers\u002Feditions\u002F01\u002F01kkc611a5ftgryr9vjzvtn629.jpg","LcD0=YofNHkD.mj[W;a}S2ayjZWB","4.13",288,[907],{"id":908,"slug":909,"name":910},"01kkc6119z1ehw741mhdw6zf7x","monika-kim-ylff","Monika Kim",[912,913,914,915,916,917],{"id":104,"name":105,"slug":106,"is_fiction":19},{"id":83,"name":92,"slug":93,"is_fiction":19},{"id":217,"name":218,"slug":219,"is_fiction":19},{"id":805,"name":806,"slug":807,"is_fiction":19},{"id":34,"name":35,"slug":36,"is_fiction":19},{"id":709,"name":710,"slug":711,"is_fiction":19},[],{"pace":59,"complexity":7,"audience":61,"mood":920,"themes":921,"setting_period":7,"summary":922,"content_warnings":7},[63,65,64,237,124],[882,298],"After her father abandons the family, Korean-American college freshman Ji-won becomes fixated on eyes — especially the pale blue ones of George, her mother's smug new boyfriend. Monika Kim's 2024 debut is a visceral body-horror novel of hunger, rage, and revenge that doubles as a sharp critique of misogyny and the fetishization of Asian women.",{"id":924,"slug":925,"title":926,"description":927,"primary_cover_url":928,"cover_blurhash":929,"first_publish_year":930,"community_rating_avg":931,"community_rating_count":104,"page_count":30,"authors":932,"genres":941,"series":950,"enrichment":951},"01kjtgdqq38m8bzx4pff1bd03c","the-yellow-wallpaper-lxii","The Yellow Wallpaper","Confined to an upstairs room of a rented colonial mansion for the summer, an unnamed young woman is undergoing a \"rest cure\" prescribed by her physician husband, John, after what he dismisses as a temporary nervous depression following the birth of their child. Forbidden to work, write, or exert her mind in any way, she keeps a secret journal — and, with nothing else to occupy her, becomes fixated on the room's lurid, sprawling yellow wallpaper.\n\nAs the weeks pass and her isolation deepens, the pattern of the paper seems to shift and move, and she grows convinced there is a figure trapped behind it, creeping and struggling to get out. What begins as idle observation slides, entry by entry, into obsession and unraveling.\n\nCharlotte Perkins Gilman's 1892 story is a landmark of feminist and psychological literature — a chilling first-person descent that doubles as a scathing indictment of the era's treatment of women's mental health and the silencing of female autonomy. Compact, unsettling, and endlessly studied, it remains one of the most powerful short stories in American letters.","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.seekquel.app\u002Fstorage\u002Fcovers\u002Fworks\u002F01\u002F01kjtgdqq38m8bzx4pff1bd03c.jpg","LIE2F0kC03I;xrxE9vNH0NbI~AWV",1892,"3.85",[933,937],{"id":934,"slug":935,"name":936},"01kjtgdqs6cf7gndwbk6y4bwxh","charlotte-perkins-gilman-38vj","Charlotte Perkins Gilman",{"id":938,"slug":939,"name":940},"01kqdskxg39a1fkjkn1fvqahka","elaine-hedges-zary","Elaine Hedges",[942,943,944,945,946,947,948,949],{"id":171,"name":172,"slug":173,"is_fiction":18},{"id":109,"name":110,"slug":111,"is_fiction":19},{"id":54,"name":316,"slug":317,"is_fiction":19},{"id":870,"name":871,"slug":872,"is_fiction":19},{"id":34,"name":35,"slug":36,"is_fiction":19},{"id":136,"name":547,"slug":548,"is_fiction":19},{"id":875,"name":876,"slug":877,"is_fiction":19},{"id":104,"name":105,"slug":106,"is_fiction":19},[],{"pace":557,"complexity":7,"audience":61,"mood":952,"themes":953,"setting_period":7,"summary":954,"content_warnings":7},[63,194],[456],"Charlotte Perkins Gilman's classic novel, set at the turn of the century, delves into the deteriorating mental state of a woman confined to her room. As she observes the patterns in the yellow wallpaper, her sanity slowly unravels, offering a stark critique of societal expectations for women in marriage and mental health treatment.",[956],{"id":957,"slug":958,"title":959,"user":960,"work_id":4,"is_draft":18,"verified_reader":19,"featured":18,"body":967,"overall_rating":391,"depth":7,"momentum":7,"atmosphere":7,"craft":7,"impact":7,"spice":7,"spoiler_level":968,"locale":7,"feed_item_key":969,"like_count":16,"comment_count":16,"top_likers":970,"viewer_can_reply":18,"created_at":971,"updated_at":971},"01kxq0jth36ph27rp86g5b04th","review-of-halloween-is-murder-by-nadene","Review of \"Halloween is Murder\" by nadene",{"id":961,"name":962,"username":963,"avatar_url":964,"is_system":18,"published_reviews_count":965,"books_read_count":966},692,"Nadene","nadene","https:\u002F\u002Flh3.googleusercontent.com\u002Fa\u002FACg8ocJagtEG0_WBr9w_-tRnbZi93QoXf9OelJQx_77YX1doLsOHefbv=s96-c",1825,1837,"As a big fan of Carolyn Arnold, after reading Violated from her Brandon Fisher series, I could not wait to read Halloween is Murder. It has been awhile since I read a cozy mystery. The ones I read are those written by Agatha Christie and to be honest I never felt compelled to read any other cozies until now. After all Carolyn Arnold is the author.\n\nHalloween is Murder is the eleventh book in the McKinley series. However, it can be read without having to read the previous books.\n\nWhat the story is about.\n\nSean and Sara McKinley are former police officers turned private investigators. The name of their firm is Pay It Forward Investigations, which is fitting given their philanthropic nature. They are launching a haunted house charity event, which is covered by the media. Chloe Parsons is the reporter responsible for featuring the event. Unfortunately, after filming the event she was found dead in her apartment. Did she die from natural causes or was she murdered?\n\nThe Story\n\nThis was a quick and easy read. There was humour and a dash of romance. I found the pacing slow for my tastes, but I still enjoyed the plot, characterisation and development. It held my attention from start to finish.\n\nThe Characters\n\nAlthough this is book eleven, there is sufficient background information, which allowed me to establish a connection with the characters.\n\nI admired Sara for her tenacity. She concluded that the circumstances surrounding the reporter’s death was suspicious, and she was not willing to give up until her suspicions were satisfied. She relies on her gut instinct in conducting investigations. Sean on the other hand relies on hard evidence, but he has learned to trust his wife’s instincts, making them the perfect investigating duo.\n\nThey say variety is the spice of life and this was evident from the varying range of characters who brought the story alive. From the grumpy medical examiner to the snarky computer geek, they added their own blend of spice to story.\n\nThe Mystery\n\nDue to the lack of danger and conflict, the intense and edge of your seat feeling one would expect from mysteries was absent. I thought the mystery developed nicely. The author created a wide pool of suspects making it difficult to figure out who or what was behind Chloe’s demise. It was not until near the end that all was revealed, but that did not stop me from trying to figure it out on my own.\n\nConclusion\u002FRecommendation\n\nI had a good time with this installment and I will be looking to read the previous books in the series. If you enjoy cozies, then you may want to give this series a try.","none","rv-01kxq0jth36ph27rp86g5b04th",[],"2026-07-17T03:05:38.000000Z"]