Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

Las Virgenes Suicidas by Jeffrey Eugenides

876 reviews

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

em_h_ma's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

2.5

The five Lisbon girls are the treasures of their town. They fascinate young boys and their tale survives even after they killed themselves. I have no idea what I just read or what the conclusion of the book is. It is a strange and mysterious story filled with trauma.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Medical content, Body horror, Death, Grief, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

chrstelg's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

mollymae7's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

4.75

Great read, really wishing we could have seen the sisters view/ from the inside of the house

they only had each other especially after Cecilia died; the boys were obsessed with the idea of them treating all the sisters like as one shiny, interesting object never really understanding what they were going through or their cry’s for help, I think in the end the girls knew that which is why they invited the boy over for their last night. The parents where no better keeping them isolated from the world.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Emotional abuse, Sexual harassment, Grief, Misogyny, and Suicide attempt

randomreader5's review against another edition

dark sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Child death, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Alcoholism

abigail_baxter's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

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

3.75

this book is good but in a disturbing way. i hated the way it felt like the Lisbon sisters were zoo animals in a tank and i was observing them from the perspective of the neighborhood boys who only saw them as creatures to be viewed and possessed. i also think it was an intentional device used by the author. would love to read an analysis of the whole thing to further unpack

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

lizetteg3's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Child death, and Grief