omar’s Reviews > The Virgin Suicides > Status Update

i LOVE this book so far, but to be blunt: this book homogenically white and eugenides is definitely aware of this. he writes in chapter 3 how black people are ostracized from this suburban neighborhood, and there a couple of hard R drops that catch me SO off guard (and take me out of the story.) idk if this is concious classism commentary or an excuse not to write black characters, but its something to notice.

not even done with the chapter but i came on here to say that this writing is absolutely gorgeous. flowery without being over the top, different techniques of metaphor that end up circling back and vivid imagery for the smallest moments. absolutely gorgeous love love love

sisters aged 13-17. youthful, angelic, beautifully strange and their parents seem to be helicopters. they somehow all end up killing themselves. there's immediately this air of mystery (bc wtf???) and our suspicious narrator casually details the events of cecelia, the youngest and 1st suicide. clear biblical allusions that will prob become important later. the writing is BEAUTIFUL. im just so scared and confused?