Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Las Virgenes Suicidas by Jeffrey Eugenides

177 reviews

abimyers_reads's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

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

dazedl's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective 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

I like how raw this book feels. Written from the POV of boys who were captivated by the Lisbon's girls hermit life and the following mass suicides, the obsessiveness of the boys do teeters on the creep side, however their introspective reflections on the events add a human touch to a haunting tragedy. The prose is very atmospheric, and if I could only use one word to describe it, 'dense' would perfectly encapsulate the reading experience of this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Stalking, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Sexual content

applecatreads's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Body horror, Blood, Death, Eating disorder, Chronic illness, Vomit, Child abuse, Medical content, Mental illness, Self harm, and Suicide attempt

sharanle0808's review against another edition

dark reflective sad tense slow-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: Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Child abuse, and Suicide

Moderate: Violence, Misogyny, and Stalking

Minor: Sexual assault and Sexism

pissboy3000's review against another edition

challenging 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

ambercunningham's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Child death, Mental illness, Gore, Death, Sexism, and Suicide attempt

emmafagan's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.75

Destroyed me in every possible way. A book that makes you feel the tragedy of its characters so deeply it’ll take your soul outside of your person and into theirs. No doubt one of the best books I’ve read in my entire life. Will never re read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Mental illness

Moderate: Sexual content and Abandonment

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

rowanrelph's review against another edition

dark sad 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Confinement, Grief, Self harm, Suicide, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, and Child abuse

hanna_ix's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Death, Grief, and Mental illness

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Bullying, Addiction, Alcohol, and Alcoholism