Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides

214 reviews

dendodge's review

dark reflective sad slow-paced

• 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Suicide, and Death

ameliayawen's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Mental illness, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Child death, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Child abuse

haleybooks0318's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Violence, Blood, Sexual content, Death, Grief, and Suicide

_rowan_'s review

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Death, Suicide, Child abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Injury/Injury detail, and Body horror

mazzoccatoadele's review against another edition

dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Death, Self harm, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Grief, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, Confinement, Ableism, Mental illness, and Misogyny

Minor: Alcohol and Alcoholism

haleysversion's review against another edition

dark reflective sad 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? Yes

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Self harm, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Child death, Grief, Misogyny, Drug use, Suicide, Blood, and Death

magicmallika's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Suicide, Mental illness, Sexual content, Child death, Suicide attempt, Self harm, and Death

Moderate: Religious bigotry

rat_leoo's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad medium-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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Violence, Child death, Death, Blood, Mental illness, and Alcoholism

charlereads's review against another edition

dark 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? No

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Grief, Medical content, Child death, Death, Self harm, Suicide, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Mental illness, and Injury/Injury detail

sheldon1979's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad slow-paced

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

4.25

Whilst the person who starts to read the book the first chapter gives the ending away, I was gripped on wanting to know how and why it happened but I guess as in life sometimes we don't know why things happen.

It was well written and despite the long chapters it was a good read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Self harm, Suicide, and Suicide attempt