Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

Las Virgenes Suicidas by Jeffrey Eugenides

52 reviews

nenya's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

I read this book as the start of manic hot girl summer (and also to celebrate the end of my reading slump) and while I read this relatively fast, I must say I expected it to be far more triggering and manic than it ended up being. And I‘m not gonna lie, I kind of wish it would have been, because I enjoy being creeped out by books - but this was pretty chill actually. I had expected the suicides to be skin crawlingly gore-y but instead they were two pages of slightly disturbing but heavily announced death. What I must say was really interesting though, was the narrative being told in first person plural and, in addition to that, unreliably - something I haven’t encountered before and really enjoyed, but even here, I feel like there was a lot more room for mystery and manipulation of the reader. However, it is most definitely not a bad book - I‘m just not sure whether I‘d like to re-read it one day.
(Oh also: there is the mention of the N-word which really threw me off, as well as casual racism and other problematic themes that were normalized in the novel and not addressed or seen as problematic by the narrators)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Sexual content, Child death, Alcohol, Medical content, Gore, Suicide attempt, Self harm, Forced institutionalization, Confinement, and Stalking

Moderate: Sexual violence, Racial slurs, Rape, Pregnancy, Racism, and Injury/Injury detail

erinfitzharris's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad 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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Blood, and Death

Minor: Alcohol and Sexual content

books4em's review against another edition

This book needs so many trigger warnings it's insane.  I thought I could handle it, but not going to happen at least at this point in my life. The warnings below are only from the first 40 pages.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Blood, Child death, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Ableism, and Death

Moderate: Drug abuse and Body shaming

chloeam3103's review against another edition

dark reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

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

chaoticweevil's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-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: Child death, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Grief, Sexual harassment, Suicide attempt, Child abuse, Death, Sexism, Stalking, Ableism, Racial slurs, Suicide, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcohol, Eating disorder, Adult/minor relationship, Mental illness, and Blood

Minor: Vomit and Drug use

sofiasofiasofia's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Grief, Sexual content, Blood, Drug use, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcohol and Alcoholism

seanajk's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Child abuse, Child death, Mental illness, Suicide, Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, Grief, Suicide attempt, Self harm, and Death

Moderate: Sexual content, Adult/minor relationship, and Blood

Minor: Drug use and Alcohol

cepbreed's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.0

I think I’d be more willing to accept satire if this were written by a woman. I understand it is satirical, an exaggeration of a boys imagination but that doesn’t change the fact that this book is perverse. I can’t sugarcoat it. I am very disturbed by the male gaze and it’s effects on these poor girls. I’m very interested in the movie adaptation now thought I doubt it’s any kinder to the girls. Just by the amount of romanticization and fantasy already scattered around the internet. The adaptation is taken without any deeper thought into its meaning. I, to be honest, can’t really explain what it is either. I think my parents could learn from this book a little bit LOL. Being strict is toxic. It creates children who do everything to bend the rules and children who are deeply upset like in their core being. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Confinement, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Stalking, and Suicide

erinmcgarrity's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

• 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? It's complicated

2.5

Would’ve been 5/5 except for the random and pointless racism 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, and Child abuse

jaiari12's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Child abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Ableism, Vomit, Alcohol, Blood, Confinement, Medical content, and Sexism

Minor: Pregnancy