A review by solliereads
The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides

dark reflective 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

3.0

I wanted to like this book far more than I actually did, and ended up having to force myself to read it in two bursts, trying to read as many pages as I could. I got the sense that the boys never really knew the girls, or thought of them beyond a mystery to solve, and I got that this was likely the whole point, but honestly? At times, the story dragged and the narrative had a very desolate view lacking in empathy that made the deaths feel slightly unreal, dense in fog. Overall, I'm glad that I read this book, I just don't think it really impacted me.