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The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides

59 reviews

siriface's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Xenophobia, Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Ableism, and Body shaming

mooncraftbujo's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad slow-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Suicide, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

applesodaperson's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

• 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

This one was an interesting one for sure. A good thing I liked was how atmospheric it was, and how vivid the descriptions of the Lisbon’s house were. But, this book also showed its age with how problematic some of it was. It definitely romanticizes suicide a lot, without a real understanding of the mental illness that causes it. I also would have vastly preferred that it be from the point of view of the sisters, instead of a bunch of pervy men. 
Read from the Provo library.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide

Moderate: Racism, Ableism, and Homophobia

brougham_is_elite's review against another edition

reflective slow-paced

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

3.5

The overuse of beautiful prose becomes laborious and slow. There were interesting ideas explored but it was not always clear what the author was trying to comment on; a lot of the book appears contradictory. It was very vivid and evocative at its best, but quite often came across as pretentious and unfocused, especially in the middle of the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt and Suicide

Moderate: Grief, Stalking, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, and Death

Minor: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Adult/minor relationship, and Mental illness

natalie3's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Sexual content, Self harm, Mental illness, Medical content, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Death, Confinement, Child death, and Alcohol

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Forced institutionalization, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, and Child abuse

Minor: Sexual assault, Racism, Adult/minor relationship, Rape, and Racial slurs

evasophias's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

fucking loved this writing mr. jeffrey slayed this assignment. no notes!!!!!! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Grief, Eating disorder, Alcoholism, Suicide attempt, Stalking, Sexual violence, Racism, and Mental illness

bibyabs's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Child death, Death, Sexual content, Stalking, Grief, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicide attempt, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Ableism and Racism

lucycjgray's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Death, Mental illness, Suicide, and Child death

Minor: Ableism, Alcohol, Grief, Racial slurs, Racism, and Drug use

charlies_shelf's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

1.5

So; The Virgin Suicides by Jeffery Eugenides is a book. That's one thing that is certain, and while opinions differ on if it's good or bad there's a few things that are again, certain.

This book includes sexism, hypersexuality of minors, racism and Ableism. Some mentioned less than others. 

Now as to my personal opinion, keep in mind there will be spoilers from here on out. 

I liked page 190 and 191 simply because of the music. But that's honestly where it stops. 

The person who's telling us the story seems to end off with anger. Anger because "he was wronged". An example of this is the sentence; "they made us participate in their own madness,...". 

Not only that but there's barely to no build up to the end, which just like everything else has good and bad sections.

Would I call this a bad book? No. 
Would I call this a good book? No.
Because nothing is ever good or bad. 

That's why I rate this book a 1.5/5. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Body shaming, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Child abuse and Child death

Minor: Racial slurs, Ableism, and Racism

jessepinkman's review against another edition

dark sad

5.0

Perharps the most hateable narrator (and group of boys) I've ever encountered in literature, or maybeeeee even in art in general. Just despicable little bitches. Anyway I need to sit with this a little, but one aspect that I haven't seen discussed a lot is the racism in this book. It's clearly a commentary on the racial aspect of suburbs or how towns/cities in general are segregated. This the author also shows in the workforce, through making sure to specify f.e. that a maid is black. Anyway I hope it was intentioned to be commentary and not the author being a racist, I'm gonna have to look into him a little.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide

Moderate: Racism

Minor: Racial slurs