Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides

223 reviews

creatureof_nature's review

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Grief, Sexual harassment, and Self harm

srslyconfused's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

Very interesting and sad. Seems like a very socially critical and male heavy view on young women and girls and theirs struggles. Don’t know if this was intentional or not, but is sadly a accurate description of the real world.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Grief, Sexism, Suicide attempt, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Child death, Death, Religious bigotry, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

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 Unfortunately, it is a victim of its time with several outdated stereotypes, however I still enjoyed it overall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

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

lucym1502'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

3.0

Maybe I'm not intelligent enough but this did nothing for me until

the final four girls die

. That description was magnetic and harrowing, but I found large parts of the story forgettable, and I was so excited to read it as well. Maybe I lack the nuance to understand its beauty properly...

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Suicide attempt, Death, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Grief

alicelalicon's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Child death, Confinement, Death, Grief, Sexism, Sexual content, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

kenziehath's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Sexual content

danielakalexandra's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

4.0

This was a slow read but not in a bad way. The way Eugenides creates tension and makes you feel  that you’re at the places he’s describing is immaculate, and it’s understandable that The Virgin Suicides has become the classic that it has

Does it sometimes walk in to being highly creepy, and the way that literal girls are described is kind of gross? Absolutely. I’m not sure if the author is a creep or it’s meant to be the vibe of the read, but it truly is icky and makes the tension of the book even more tense. 

Sometimes it drags, would lie if I said it didn’t. It took me forever to finish because sometimes I just didn’t prioritised reading this book cause I felt that nothing had happened for a while, or I wasn’t in the right headspace. Very happy I did finish it though, and now I want to watch the movie again! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Suicide, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Religious bigotry

taylorp98's review against another edition

dark reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

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