Reviews

The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides

blueberry31's review against another edition

4.0

The only word that comes to my mind when I want to describe this book is the french word "glauque". There was a sort of dark, fascinating and haunting feeling throughout the whole time I was reading. The end was announced from the beginning and the book was carried out like a greek tragedy: you know everyone's going to die but there's something that makes you want to know more, things gradually get gloomier and gloomier until there's a peak of tragic events and it's all over. I'm still wondering "why did they do it?" The book doesn't answer all your questions, it sort of leaves you confused and twisting your mind for a reasonable explanation... Almost as if it had been a real event in your own neighborhood.

megschlo2021's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

4.5

b0nesand4ll's review against another edition

dark reflective sad slow-paced

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

1.75

not bad just boring and so obviously written by a man (also bad)

pepeleb's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

drewanslee's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

amyrose06's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

aimee_faithx's review against another edition

slow-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

nabend23's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective

4.25

flabbie's review against another edition

dark sad slow-paced

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

3.5

taramarion's review against another edition

5.0

Loved it!