Reviews tagging 'Adult/minor relationship'

Αυτόχειρες παρθένοι by Jeffrey Eugenides

60 reviews

lilybreen's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual content, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

kalinamiski1's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

4.5

A good book overall. A few parts were quite boring but I’d still say that the book was better than the movie. It says  a bit more about their grief and the abuse they suffered. The content might be triggering since it dealt with topic like suicide(duh), abuse, stalking and addiction. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Emotional abuse, Suicide, Stalking, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Child abuse and Mental illness

Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, and Sexual content

wrensandroses's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Confinement, Death, Misogyny, Suicide, Blood, Medical content, Grief, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Sexual content

stumbling's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Child death, Confinement, Death, Sexual content, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Rape

Minor: Self harm

lordofdisorder's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Confinement, Gore, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicide, Blood, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Racism, and Alcohol

Minor: Animal death, Drug use, and Racial slurs

nmahoney's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

katemolony's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

angharad's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Self harm, Suicide, and Grief

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Racism, and Sexual content

pshafer's review against another edition

dark funny reflective sad medium-paced

• 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

Answering these questions about the main characters of The Virgin Suicides is complicated, because though the Lisbon sisters are the subject of the novel, they are not the main characters. Rather, the unnamed group of neighborhood boys who obsess over the sisters are our main character. 

I love this book for its study of the oppressive male gaze, disillusionment with the American dream, and unreliable narrators. It's my absolute favorite book, Jeffrey Eugenides is a genius.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Misogyny, Suicide, and Grief

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, and Pedophilia

Minor: Ableism, Racial slurs, and Racism

kristenm's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide

Minor: Adult/minor relationship