Madame Stregovitch — A middle-aged Russian clerk in Cosmetics at Alcott-Simpson's, who has become Dion's good friend over his many years of visiting the store.

Matt Ralston — A minor character: a 23- or 24-year-old undergraduate student of sociology, who looks like Abraham Lincoln with a curly blonde beard.

Phil — A minor character: a 19-year-old college student who shares the attic living space of Dion's father's house.

Duncan — A minor character: a 19-year-old college student studying art, who shares the attic living space of Dion's father's house.

However, Jane Langton calls Snyder's style of writing "sober" and states that there are many loose ends in the book that a reader could build "a bird's nest out of them.

"[1] Alice Fleming editor for the New York Times found Eyes in the Fishbowl interesting but, with limited vocabulary.

Fleming said that, "The story is told from Dion's point of view and suffers from the limits of a 14- year-old's vocabulary and descriptive powers.

"[2] Moreover, Tom Burns editor for American Library Association, tells that the book has "the puzzling blend of the real and supernatural" which might be confusing to some young readers, and "the first-person narrative is an unusual contemporary story enriched with subtle but discerning commentary on human values.

"[3] Ruth Hill Viguers writes in The Horn Book Magazine that Eyes in the Fishbowl is strange and unresolved, some young readers may like it but it also may disappoint others.

[4] In Official Internet Footprint one of the editor says that "the very realistic story is wrapped up with a supernatural explanation which is the case with most Keatley Snyder books.