Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

Las Virgenes Suicidas by Jeffrey Eugenides

34 reviews

catsguts's review against another edition

dark 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Suicide attempt, Self harm, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Sexual content

karolinary's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? Yes

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Suicide attempt, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, and Self harm

Moderate: Misogyny

fronkiekong's review against another edition

dark funny reflective medium-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

5.0

watched the movie back in high school and it is a shame i hadn't gotten around to actually reading this until now!!!! the writing is so beautiful and evocative of this honey sickly delirium rotting the neighbourhood from the inside out — much to unpack and peel back. i want to return to this sometime to look more at the developing labour and class issues that kept flitting by in the periphery.
and again, probably not the best place to say this, but i wish i had a sister.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Suicide attempt, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Confinement, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, and Pregnancy

Minor: Domestic abuse

karenaerts's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, and Racism