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kcmg710's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Death, Self harm, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Suicide, and Suicide attempt
Moderate: Blood, Mental illness, and Sexual content
Minor: Alcoholism, Alcohol, Cursing, and Vomit
lalina'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? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Suicide attempt and Suicide
Moderate: Sexism and Racial slurs
Minor: Vomit
hanpowis'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
Beautiful prose and commentary on the romanticism of that which we do not understand
Graphic: Suicide attempt, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts
Moderate: Vomit and Rape
popsan27'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
4.25
Graphic: Suicide attempt, Suicide, and Suicidal thoughts
Moderate: Vomit, Child abuse, and Addiction
chelseeaa'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
4.0
Graphic: Child death, Misogyny, Mental illness, Death, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Suicide, and Suicide attempt
Minor: Ableism, Racial slurs, and Vomit
applecatreads'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
4.0
Graphic: Suicide, Body horror, Blood, Death, Eating disorder, Chronic illness, Vomit, Child abuse, Medical content, Mental illness, Self harm, and Suicide attempt
toffishay'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
3.75
I think that the story loses me not in the plot, but in the pacing. It comes out hot out of the gate and then things really slow down after the first two chapters and don't pick up again until the very end. I also think that the characterization of some of the girls suffers from the short length and that the space that is used is to add color to that world. Setting the scene is important of course and makes the characters feel more real, but I would have liked a little more insight into some of the older Lisbon daughters like Therese, Mary, and Bonnie. Cecilia and Lux are interesting, but I would have liked a deeper dive all around.
If I were to compare it, it does put me in a mind frame of Don Delillo's White Noise. I don't like The Virgin Suicides quite that much, but I do think that they have similar themes of the decline of the white American suburban ideal, the falseness behind it all.
Graphic: Child death, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Self harm, Suicide, and Death
Moderate: Medical content, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Vomit, Racism, Xenophobia, Sexism, Fatphobia, and Classism
kibiiiariii's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Vomit, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Self harm, Child death, Religious bigotry, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Addiction, Alcohol, Infidelity, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, Alcoholism, Confinement, Death, Forced institutionalization, and Stalking
lindasoderlundd'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? It's complicated
2.5
Graphic: Medical content, Child death, Misogyny, Self harm, Stalking, Suicide, Child abuse, Suicide attempt, Confinement, and Mental illness
Moderate: Grief, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Bullying, Drug use, Alcohol, Animal death, and Vomit
katharinaamaliae's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
Graphic: Child death, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Self harm, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Mental illness
Moderate: Sexual content
Minor: Vomit and Alcohol