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The Virgin Suicides
by Jeffrey Eugenides
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Chuchotement
Baltimore

A review of this — 10 weeks ago

WORTH CONSUMING!

This book is disturbingly realistic. Through the screen of teenaged, doe-eyed boys comes a hazy recollection of idyllic suburbia, disrupted by tragedy. The girls are elevated to an almost mythological status. Having nearly lived this story through the suicidal tendencies of my graduating class—thankfully, no one succeeded—I think that Eugenides captures the pointlessness, the rubber-necking, and the onlookers’ attitudes with careful attention to both suspense/drama and truth.

MightySpork
Los Angeles

A review of this — 1 year ago

WORTH CONSUMING!

FAR superior to the movie.

Greg
Columbus

Great writer — 2 years ago

WORTH CONSUMING!

Though the ending is a bit anticlimactic when it finally comes, the buildup is oh so good. Eugenides allows the minds of the teenage boys he makes his narrators run wild….extrapolating whole lives for the reclusive 5 virgins the book is named for from snippets of pop songs played over the phone, actions spied on through windows, and knowing glances. Gripping read.

Sarah
Omaha

A story about this — 2 years ago

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I read this because I liked Middlesex so much. I think Middlesex is a much better book, but this one was still interesting. Weird and strange and bizarre, but good. Both books have a detached manner of narration.

trivimp
Warrensburg

The Virgin Suicides — 2 years ago

Mildly entertaining, but didn’t live up to the hype. The tone is very uneven, veering wildly between straight teenaged-wasteland tragedy and absurdist suburban dytopia—I found myself thinking “Get on with it already” for most of the second half of the book. Perhaps Mr. Eugenides’ later efforts will be more promising.

selwyn
Recife

Why it's taking me forever to finish consuming this — 2 years ago

i have this book for years, and i haven’t finished yet. i think some has to do with the fact that i got the portuguese translation, which is awful and too literal at some points.

still, i intend to finish it someday. even if i have to get the original text to do it.

The Virgin Suicides — 2 years ago

WORTH CONSUMING!

Not many best sellers live up to the hype, but this was wonderful. Funny, sad, exciting, moving – it was a near-perfect book.

Tiffany Wilson
Chicago

A story about this — 3 years ago

WORTH CONSUMING!

Fantastic!

Tiffany Wilson
Chicago

A story about this — 3 years ago

WORTH CONSUMING!

I have to read this for one of my classes, but I’ve started reading it early lol. I love it!

Alisha
Tallahassee

A story about this — 3 years ago

Well written and interesting, though not what I expected.

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