Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Las Virgenes Suicidas by Jeffrey Eugenides

209 reviews

madzzzzzx's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional slow-paced

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

4.5

in short this book is voyeuristic and perverted. in long Jeffrey Eugenides encapsulates girlhood from the perspective of perverted teenagers who view the depressed Lisbon sisters as gods. The narrator of the text retrospectively looks back at their suicides as a life altering event despite not knowing the girls which creates an unreliable narration of their lives but despite this, the Lisbon sisters have become a relatable figure for girls experiencing the same issues they had in the text. Eugenides’ creates a dichotomy in the text of writing and world building so beautifully it brings up emotion then contrasting it with the narrators foul motives and subconscious written out to remind you that even when girls are going through emotional turmoil they are still sexualised and perceived as an item to be had. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Mental illness, Child death, and Suicide attempt

oeczone's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Suicide, Sexual content, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, and Death

ink_nettle's review against another edition

challenging dark funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Child death, Suicide, and Self harm

rowanamelie's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Death, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Confinement, Child death, Child abuse, Medical content, and Stalking

Minor: Self harm, Mental illness, and Sexual content

countswaqula's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

so well written and deeply interesting!!! i love the choice of narrator voices and the weird teen boy romanticisation of these girls

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Suicide, and Child death

dqrci's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide and Child death

juliabingel's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Child death, Suicide attempt, Death, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

Moderate: Confinement

kirisuna's review against another edition

Te ingewikkeld, rauw en heftig 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Child death, Blood, Death of parent, and Body horror

estewanii's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Grief, Child death, Child abuse, Addiction, Sexism, Self harm, Domestic abuse, Death, Body shaming, Misogyny, and Eating disorder

tessvosper's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Child death, and Self harm

Moderate: Alcohol