Little Eyes
Ratings16
Average rating3.2
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Ratings16
Average rating3.2
A visionary novel about our interconnected world, about the collision of horror and humanity, from the Man Booker-shortlisted master of the spine-tingling tale A Guardian & Observer Best Fiction Book of 2020 * A Sunday Times Best Science Fiction Book of the Year * The Times Best Science Fiction Books of the Year * NPR Best Books of the Year World Literature Today's 75 Notable Translations of 2020 * Ebook Travel Guides Best 5 Books of 2020 * A New York Times Notable Book of 2020 They’re not pets. Not ghosts or robots. These are kentukis, and they are in your home. You can trust them. They care about you... They've infiltrated apartments in Hong Kong, shops in Vancouver, the streets of Sierra Leone, town squares of Oaxaca, schools in Tel Aviv, bedrooms in Indiana. Anonymous and untraceable, these seemingly cute cuddly toys reveal the beauty of connection between far-flung souls – but they also expose the ugly truth of our interconnected society. Samanta Schweblin's wildly imaginative new novel pulls us into a dark and complex world of unexpected love, playful encounters and marvellous adventures. But beneath the cuddly exterior, kentukis conceal a truth that is unsettlingly familiar and exhilaratingly real. This is our present and we’re living it – we just don’t know it yet. *Little Eyes comes with two different covers, and the cover you receive will be chosen at random*
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This was a tiktok rec based on being Black Mirror-esque. It hits the nail on the head for being bleak. The only glimpse of humans being capable of being compassionate to one another is squashed. It's a difficult read and I am primarily a horror reader. This just was too sad for me personally!!
DNF'd at 62%. Schweblin is a good writer, but this the combination of theme and structure didn't work for me. The story concerns the latest electronic toy, called a Kentuki, a sort of terrible cross between a Furby and Chat Roulette. The narrative is fractured into little vignettes, following different people who are affected by the presence of the Kentukis. Intellectually, it's an interesting commentary on things today, but the effect felt like a whole season of Black Mirror devoted to the same doohickey.
