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emelayaa's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
5.0
Graphic: Mental illness, Suicide, Blood, Stalking, and Suicide attempt
Moderate: Fatphobia
brianna2811's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Child death, Death, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, and Suicide attempt
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, and Alcohol
Minor: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Medical content, Dementia, and Stalking
toffishay's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
I think that the story loses me not in the plot, but in the pacing. It comes out hot out of the gate and then things really slow down after the first two chapters and don't pick up again until the very end. I also think that the characterization of some of the girls suffers from the short length and that the space that is used is to add color to that world. Setting the scene is important of course and makes the characters feel more real, but I would have liked a little more insight into some of the older Lisbon daughters like Therese, Mary, and Bonnie. Cecilia and Lux are interesting, but I would have liked a deeper dive all around.
If I were to compare it, it does put me in a mind frame of Don Delillo's White Noise. I don't like The Virgin Suicides quite that much, but I do think that they have similar themes of the decline of the white American suburban ideal, the falseness behind it all.
Graphic: Child death, Death, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicide, and Suicide attempt
Moderate: Blood, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Fatphobia, Racism, Sexism, Xenophobia, Vomit, and Classism
karol99's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
Graphic: Child death, Death, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicide, Grief, and Suicide attempt
Moderate: Confinement, Drug use, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, and Alcohol
luvkillzall's review against another edition
Graphic: Body shaming, Child death, Death, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Gaslighting
beesbumblebooks's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
I also had my problems with the language, nowadays being racist, fat-phobic, sexist in subtle ways, but it's never that subtle, is it? It's an older book which makes me understand it, but doesn't make me like it.
I didn't like the ending, because it feels like after a whole book of feeling with the girls and seeing their struggles, it seriously blames them for not wanting to live anymore. It blames them for not caring for the people around them, who voyoristically participated in their suffering withour reaching out. Maybe I get that part wrong, but it felt that way and it really threw me of after the general tone of the book was so different.
Graphic: Suicide and Suicide attempt
Moderate: Fatphobia, Racism, Self harm, and Sexism
taylorttea's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Mental illness, and Pedophilia
katemolony's review against another edition
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Child death, Death, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide
Moderate: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Racial slurs, and Grief