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Summary: A Wonderfully Compeling Story
Review: The Vigin Suicides is a wonderfully compelling story beautifully written by first time novelist Jeffery Eugenides. The story of the five Lisbon sisters and their emerging suicides is told by the unnamed neigbor boys that loved them from a distance. Taking place in an era distictively 70's, yet not completely recognized, only adds to the wonderful mystery of this book. The story is engaging and interestingly told as the boys watch and try to reach out to the Liston girls( apparently unaware of the boy's affections) and then as the boys look back on what could have been the possible motives for the terrible demise of these beautiful girls. The character's are beautifully contrived and complex and have an aura of the mysterious surrounding them, which only makes the book more of a page turner. Adolesence and many of its obsticles are interestingly portrayed to which all readers can realate, along with many feelings distant to many people in in this world
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Summary: Involving
Review: "The Virgin Suicides" is not a satire on suicide, it is simply a contemporary fable about how a tragedy impacts people's lives in the most ambiguous ways. It uses merged perspectives, countless tidbits of scattered information, and memories to tell it's story about the downfall of innocence, and the mysteries of life which are never explained. "The Virgin Suicides" does not have a straight-forward narration, it is up to reader to draw up his or her own conclusions, it is simultaneously compelling and frustrating to read. But if there's one thing that really makes this a strong novel, it is the way it potrays the nameless narrators are regular teenagers caught up in the confusion of youth and the 70's, longing to save the inevitable doomed Lisbon sisters. There are many ways in perceiving the sisters. Observing their actions through-out the book, and the way their suicides leaves so many questions unanswered, that specific aspect leaves a very unsettling impression. I recommend this book to anyone who wants to be challenged intellectually and emotionally.
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Summary: The Virgin Suicides
Review: I was very disappointed in this book. The story line is shallow, and the characters flat. There was a tremendous potential for a great book with the material, but it never really made it past the outline stage.
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Summary: Comfortably haunting from within!
Review: Cecilia, Theresa, Mary, Bonnie and Lux Lisbon; five girls breathing within the walls of depression and despare. Neighboring them is a group of boys fascinated by the girls' lifestyles. Cecilia is the first to experience the true feelings of depression, slitting her wrists with no success to end her whoas. Three weeks after her recovery she decides her in her wedding gown to throughly end her pain by leaping to her death from her bedroom window. This starts the beginning to a long windy road for the rest of the Lisbon family. Lux becomes the sex crazed nympho being held prisoner at her own home. Therese continues gaining more knowledge to add a few more wrinkles in the brain, Bonnie and Mary continue in the same suclusion they've strived to grow away from. Slowly the Lisbon house becomes warn down to a bit of nothing when finally the interested neighbor boys decided to spring the girls free from the jail Mr. and Mrs. Lisbon have created. This event leads to misfortune/and a bit of peace.I thought this was an extraordinary book and I recomend it to anyone that enjoys dark, mysteriously suductive and intriguing novels. Mr. Eugenides I appauld this marvelous creation you produced!
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Summary: good start - weak finish
Review: The first half of this book was a great read with an original premise and interesting writing. However, halfway through it became very tedious and slow moving. There is no story build up to the end and the reader really doesn't find out any more about the characters than we knew in the beginning. I was hoping for more and it made it even more disappointing because the beginning and writing were both very good.
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Summary: Good as Gold
Review: A wonderful collaboration of teen depression and obession. It really takes the emotion out of the heart and helps the reader understand the pain and anguish as well as the want and need for freedom. I thought the author did a beautiful job with this amazing story. If you are in the mood for something a little dark, a little different, and really intense, try this book.
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Summary: not a good read.
Review: the title caught me, as did what the back of the book said. however, the book itself didn't really speak to me. it spoke at me, which was very annoying. there was too much psychological talk, and it all seemed like a memory. the author didn't do a great job at switching from past to present. another thing that bothered me, was the fact that the plot buildup was weak. it just basically talks about cecilia's death the whole time, and then skips immiediatly to the ending. the ending itself did not offer much closure to the novel. some may like it, however it didn't really hit home with me.
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Summary: Don't judge this book by it's cover!
Review: Yes, the name of this book tells you a great deal about the storyline. What the title doesn't tell you is why everyone should read this book! I read this book in a single day...I literally could not put it down. The way Eugenides weaves pain with beauty is breathtakingly haunting. Buy this book for it's title, and love it for the characters who will find a way into your heart!
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Summary: ...JUS LIKE CECILIA! READ IT
Review: well....i loved (and still am loving) this book. Mind, you itscares the HELL outta me. But, as a *mature* teen i find it a greatread, disturbing and rather explicit, but excellent. ciao!
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Summary: This book gave ME suicidal tendencies....
Review: Although this story is moving and well written; the initial chapter in the novel gave too much away, too soon. I felt that since I knew of the impending doom that was to befall the main characters, there was no need for further reading. The tone is set as an obsessive investigation into the lives of the 5 Lisbon Sisters. The premise is interesting and unique. But, it's also disturbing. The investigating is being done by several neighborhood boys who apparently have nothing better to do other than snoop around the Lisbons' house, collecting memorabilia and ideas of what goes on in the girls' minds. The boys are extremely obsessed with the beauty and mystery behind the five sisters to a degree that is a little disconcerting. I'm interested to see the movie and how it will deal with the delicate traumas that unfold, but I would not recommend this book to my friends.
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