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paigeyprincess 's review for:
The Virgin Suicides
by Jeffrey Eugenides
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
"It didn't matter in the end how old they had been, or that they were girls, but only that we had loved them, and that they hadn't heard us calling, still do not hear us, up here in the tree house, with our thinning hair and soft bellies, calling them out of those rooms where they went to be alone for all time, alone in suicide, which is deeper than death, and where we will never find the pieces to put them back together."
Jeffrey Eugenides' writing is very lyrical and poetic; I have faith that he could turn a grocery list into something beautiful.
The Virgin Suicides really captures the essence of girlhood in a way I haven't seen accomplished before...all from behind the blurry lens of the male gaze. Everything we learn about the girls is secondhand + they are sexualized for nearly everything they do by the boys, but Eugenides trusts the reader to read between the lines and see through their fetishization. I loved it!!
Jeffrey Eugenides' writing is very lyrical and poetic; I have faith that he could turn a grocery list into something beautiful.
The Virgin Suicides really captures the essence of girlhood in a way I haven't seen accomplished before...all from behind the blurry lens of the male gaze. Everything we learn about the girls is secondhand + they are sexualized for nearly everything they do by the boys, but Eugenides trusts the reader to read between the lines and see through their fetishization. I loved it!!