Reviews tagging 'Infidelity'

The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides

2 reviews

kibiiiariii's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

jenny_librarian's review against another edition

dark reflective slow-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.5

This is a book about the patriarchal tendency of dehumanizing women. Which should be enough to tell you why I didn’t like it at all.

The writing itself is good, but that’s about the only redeeming quality to this book. The rest is just men being… well, men. I get what the author wanted to achieve with this, but why it needed to be written in this way is beyond me.

I keep hoping the next “classic” I read is going to be better, and I keep being disappointed because those “classics” were written by allocishet white men in a time women were seen as little more than property.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, Stalking, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Confinement, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Medical content, Stalking, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Blood, Vomit, Car accident, and Pregnancy