Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

Las Virgenes Suicidas by Jeffrey Eugenides

973 reviews

adavis33's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Death, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail

klonopin's review against another edition

dark reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• 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

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

paulken's review against another edition

dark 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide and Suicide attempt

marianaribeiro's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad tense 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? No

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

nataliaao's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

3.75

Fiquei surpresa quando comecei a ler e descobri que a narração era masculina. Mas fui surpreendida com a delicadeza dos meninos. Mesmo idealizando as meninas Lisbon, e sendo adolescentes normais, cheios de desejos e vontades, eles não reduzem a Therese, Mary, Lux, Bonnie ou Cecilia. Eles as amam e, mais importante, as respeitam. Por isso, eles as deixam morrer, mesmo que passem a vida toda sentido a sua falta e nunca as entendam. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Suicide

maria_thebookworm's review against another edition

This book was so boring and disturbing.

The chapters were extremely long. It was written from the perspective of the creepy (male) neighborhood teenagers, which I did not like.

The young girls, five sisters, were written about in an inappropriate sexual manner, which I also hated. I read about the first suicide of the youngest, Cecilia. She tried to kill herself twice.

First, by slicing her wrists. Second, by jumping onto the fence from the second story of her house and impaling herself. This attempt was successful. 

Due to this disturbing beginning, I couldn't keep reading the book. It was boring, too descriptive of the neighbors and seemingly random situations, and lacked focus on the inner life of the sisters. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide

maiaiaia's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective 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: Child death, Death, Self harm, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

melinette7's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective 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

3.0

Very well written, poetic almost, but I do not enjoy very much being left in a reflective mood like I was after this read. It's beautiful and sad. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

hannahstone22's review against another edition

dark reflective 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Suicide

booksandpasta's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide and Suicide attempt