A review by sophie_gray
The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides

5.0

wasn’t sure how i’d get on with the book because i really did love the film when i was a teenager, but i am so glad i read this. at times i had doubts as i felt for such a serious topic it was sometimes trivialised but now it makes complete sense- it’s being told from the perspective of schoolboys and has a really accurate sense of confusion and naivety. i also was unsure if i’d feel really emotional towards the girls because they are portrayed as such vague characters because the boys don’t really know them, but the way you could feel their despair and the overwhelming sense of depression from their house was crazy. loved loved loved!