Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

Las Virgenes Suicidas by Jeffrey Eugenides

872 reviews

filmnoirz's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

2.5

cannot believe that this is what the coquette girls put themselves through. pretentious and boring and so male-centered which i know is the point but is also crazy 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide

Moderate: Stalking and Drug abuse

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and War

zarashilakis's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

honestly loved the book. i dislike that it’s written by a male author but i think it sheds so much light onto how men perceive women, whether by intent or not. the third person narrative (from a boy/man) also further highlights this.

i think you need to have a certain level of empathy to really understand the book. a lot of really complex topics are narrated in detail and makes you think and reflect deeply. it is slow/medium pace so the build up to these (potentially triggering) descriptions is more digestible. 

necessary read for anyone looking to further understand post modern feminism

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Suicide, Confinement, and Death

bookswithzee1's review against another edition

dark emotional slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A

3.0

First 3 star of the year for me! This book was quick pace and easy to read. Not saying this isn’t a good book but it definitely wasn’t for me with the amount of derogatory language and names I did not like. And it gave Christianity a bad name with the way it was used in this book. It was not so favorable in terms of real storytelling but of course that was because of it being from a third person view. I only really stayed to find out how each of the girls had died. By the 3/4 point of the book you know why the Lisbon sisters killed themselves. It was a sad story but was not the most interesting. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide

sina4books's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Child death, Grief, and Misogyny

Moderate: Religious bigotry and Alcohol

mayamai's review against another edition

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt and Suicide

ashjclark's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide and Suicide attempt

eloise648's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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: Blood, Death, Suicide, Child death, and Suicide attempt

sundaybookclub's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Drug abuse, Self harm, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Child abuse, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Grief

Minor: Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, Drug use, Alcoholism, Car accident, Drug abuse, Addiction, Cursing, Eating disorder, and Medical content

chapters_and_a_paige's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? No

3.0

This book was average for me. The way that the boys were so obsessed with the Lisbon girls was a bit troubling, especially because the girls were clearly screaming out for help but they were so “in love” with them that they were oblivious to it. They say they were in love with the girls but so many times they say that they couldn’t even tell them apart. 

It’s a very tragic story with very long chapters, making it harder to get through.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide

zajedenwiersz's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Suicide, Mental illness, Sexual content, Self harm, Violence, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, and Religious bigotry