The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides

The Virgin Suicides

Jeffrey Eugenides

249 pages • first pub 1993 (editions)

fiction literary dark reflective sad slow-paced
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The Virgin Suicides is unlike any other novel you will read this year—a haunting, tender, and wickedly funny tale of love and terror, memory and imagination, sex and suicide. It is told by a "collective" narrator whose wry, intelligent voice speak...

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Community Reviews

3.72
based on 52,375 reviews

Moods

dark: 89%

sad: 64%

reflective: 53%

emotional: 49%

mysterious: 41%

challenging: 25%

tense: 24%

funny: 3%

adventurous: 1%

informative: 1%

Pace

7% of readers chose fast
41% of readers chose medium
51% of readers chose slow
fast
medium
slow

Plot or character driven?

11% of readers chose Plot
25% of readers chose A mix
61% of readers chose Character
1% of readers chose N/A
Plot
A mix
Character
N/A

Strong character development?

8% of readers chose Yes
36% of readers chose Complicated
52% of readers chose No
2% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Loveable characters?

15% of readers chose Yes
47% of readers chose Complicated
35% of readers chose No
1% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Diverse cast of characters?

5% of readers chose Yes
6% of readers chose Complicated
83% of readers chose No
4% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus?

66% of readers chose Yes
25% of readers chose Complicated
6% of readers chose No
1% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

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