Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Las Virgenes Suicidas by Jeffrey Eugenides

97 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

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

spooky_snoopy's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

3.0

A lot of imagery, I would re-read it due to the detailed descriptions adding to the story

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Suicide, Child death, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Blood, Classism, and Confinement

Minor: Alcohol

gracebrady's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

2.75

Really slow with unnecessary racism and ableism. Monotonous details from the brains of boys that I wasn’t really interested in. However, I enjoyed the mystery surrounding the Lisbon girls, but I would’ve enjoyed it more from someone else’s point of view. The movie is fairly true to the book, but I think it’s all a little too slow for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Ableism, Racism, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Blood, Sexual content, Drug use, and Racial slurs

avasbookmark's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Suicide attempt, Blood, and Confinement

Minor: Racial slurs and Ableism

kcmg710's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Self harm, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Blood, Mental illness, and Sexual content

Minor: Alcoholism, Alcohol, Cursing, and Vomit

mary_do_12's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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? No

5.0

would it be mean to say i didn’t know men could write novels like this?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt and Suicide

Moderate: Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Drug abuse, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Stalking, Religious bigotry, and Blood

a_augustine12's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Body horror, and Blood

ameliayawen's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Mental illness, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Child death, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Child abuse