Reviews tagging 'Suicide attempt'

Las Virgenes Suicidas by Jeffrey Eugenides

636 reviews

mjones14's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.5

This was a really interesting book. The prose mirrors the style of 'on earth we are briefly gorgeous' in being poeticly written. Unfortunately, it is a victim of its time with several outdated stereotypes, however I still enjoyed it overall

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Grief, Death, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Confinement

Moderate: Mental illness, Racism, Sexism, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Eating disorder and Religious bigotry

am3liaq's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes

4.5

I found myself frustrated witht the boys narration as they are unable to see the clear signs of the girls struggle. beautifully written, though provoking and layered

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

chloelawrence127's review against another edition

dark 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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt and Suicide

Moderate: Child abuse

kirbyworming's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad fast-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

77mimi's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

“obviously doctor… you’ve never been a thirteen year old girl” goes so hard especially considering it was written by a man

what this book does well, it does so well — the hazy, melancholic atmosphere; the bleak realism; the writing was brilliant overall, but did i love everything i read? no, the (extremely) unreliable collective narrative was almost too jarring and disconcerting at times

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide and Suicide attempt

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

emjbarnes's review against another edition

Graphic and gratituous - well written but not for me at this point in time

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Misogyny

graecus_'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

i absolutely ate this book up. the book is told through the perspective of the boys who become infatuated with the lisbon girls, which makes it an interesting study of the male gaze. because of the way the book is told, we don’t get to know anything about the suicides or the girls interior lives, which made you really distanced from all of the characters, but i think that that was intentional. overall an interesting book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide and Suicide attempt

julianfromme's review against another edition

dark reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.5

rather obsessed with the writing style of this book, how uncomfortably alive it is

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Child abuse

dile_xo's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Suicide attempt, and Suicide