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keda_xcx_'s review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Moderate: Self harm, Suicide, and Suicide attempt
httpscl0d4gh's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Suicide and Suicide attempt
Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Grief
Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Pedophilia
lfglws's review against another edition
- 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? It's complicated
5.0
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The virgin suicides tells a story of 5 girls, alll dying from suicide in a year. The book is written from the perspective of some neighbourhood boys, showing the life of the sisters before their deaths and during their last years. It is a mix of the past with interviews from the same characters, from the future, talking about pictures of their house, their shoes, and a bunch of stuff related to them, foreshadowing what would happen later in the story.
The narrator(s?) tell the atory in a mix of obsession, admiration, stalking, sexual desire and love to the girls. The book shows scene, where the girls are like their muses, only to become simply a desire to touch. A scene especially memorable to this is towards the end, when they call the girls and play each other songs. After the girls play them a few "sadder and sappier" songs and end with "Make it with you" by Bread, instead of realising they celebrate, that the girls love them back.
Overall, the book shows the story of a quite simple live, seemingly only told through neighbourhood goosip, caring about the people, but also not that much. It contains some rather graphic descriptions of their suicides, but in other parts just seems to pan over important details. The book very much seems like no plot just vibes, slowly building up with showing rather important details, but not focusing on them, which gives the book a very interesting writing style and keeps one hanging, always grasping for more.
Graphic: Death, Self harm, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail
clovetra'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
1.0
i am actually so angry at this book. i am so angry i don’t think i can properly explain how much i fucking hate this book.
Graphic: Child death, Death, Drug use, Self harm, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Ableism, Sexual content, and Stalking
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, and Pregnancy
lauralintunen'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
Graphic: Suicide and Suicide attempt
Moderate: Mental illness, Racism, Self harm, Sexual content, Grief, Religious bigotry, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Fatphobia, Slavery, Xenophobia, Medical content, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, and Classism
veryill'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
5.0
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Self harm, Suicide, Grief, and Suicide attempt
alsira98's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Self harm, Suicide, and Suicide attempt
Moderate: Sexual content and Sexual harassment
Minor: Ableism, Racism, and Xenophobia
feelincelestial'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
3.75
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Child death, Mental illness, Racism, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Classism
aichaa's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
3.0
Graphic: Suicide
Moderate: Mental illness and Sexual content
Minor: Racial slurs and Self harm
adavis33's review against another edition
- 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? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Death, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail