• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Grand Central Publishing (Jun 1 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0446670251
• ISBN-13: 978-0446670258

I read this book a few summers ago ( in high school), and I feel a mysterious urge to read it again. Probably because I have a lot more appreciation for literature at the age of 24. What I loved about this book was, for one, the silence. As I read, I heard only the narrator, a teenage boy in the 70′s who is one of a few young boys who are inexplicably obsessed with the Lisbon girls.

The whole neighbourhood seemed deadly quiet, and it put the whole novel in a vacuum. I was literally watching an artsy silent movie in my head.  Another thing I like about this book is that it presents major questions about life, death, and which one suburbia is. And it doesn’t try to answer them. It sort of accepts our inability to completely understand the things that happen. There are very few books that I believe are “the best books ever written.” The Virgin Suicides is definitely one of them. The book itself is written extremely well and I could actually relate and see these characters in my mind. I love how the book is very intricate and tells every detail about their life. I recommend this book for anyone who is interested in life itself. I couldn’t put this book down the night I got it I read all the way to a little over chapter 5 (day 3 of reading this book) and had to put it down…because it was so haunting. The book is extremely easy to read although it may get depressing. This is not meant to be a “Candy-Coated teen novel” but rather a book that comments on such things as religion and the reality of life. The book gives more detail and in my opinion is better than the movie but the movie does great justice to the book. I think Sofia Coppola did an amazing job. Back, in the day – I watched the movie and was obsessed with it. After reading the book with a lot more understanding I saw how well the director pieced together all the characters to represent Jeffrey Eugenides`vision.

Let’s start out by saying that above all things, this novel by Jeffrey Eugenides is macabre, to the inth degree. But, it’s also fascinating and totally bizarre–just one of the reasons you should take it on. The story starts out with a suicide, that of one of five teenage daughters of the Lisbon family. The setting is Michigan in the seventies. Some may call his themes sensational, but I call them fascinating. And, it’s been rumored that this novel is based on actual happenings–an actual account. Yet the material in Eugenides hands, along with the subject matter, make this a one of a kind book. The narrator’s voice in this case, in the matter of “Virgin Suicides” is that of a rather sophmoric groups of teens, and at times I was reminded of Salinger’s “Catcher in the Rye” with its same tone. The title of this book is derived from a fictional rock band named “Curel Crux” which was (fictionally) a favorite of one of the Lisbon daughters. What amazed me the most about this novel was the way the author makes us think that it’s actually the teenage boys narrating the whole story. Remarkable. He’s extremely successful and I highly recommend this book for anyone seeking a fresh new voice.

In the end, this novel leaves you with an eerie sense of calm with a dash of haunting sadness – but snap out of it. It`s only fiction and in the end these characters sought happiness away from a household where they had no freedom. I would strongly recommend it to anyone seeking a peaceful reading oasis of a book.

The Soundtrack:

Brilliant piece of lyrical scene by scene from the film. I was obsessed with the track Air – Playground Love. I recommend it!!!

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If you want a summary FULL of spoilers read it here
Movie Details here i like the read the goofs

fin

this is super interesting….

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The best thing that happened to me
this year: You.?

no i’m not talking about boys…. i’m talking about my love of reading has blossomed!

i love to read!!! currently i’m reading 3 books

i have a goal to read about 5/month!

fin

Kevin Smith – jay and silent bob rules.
its official i have all his movies…well the ones that are Cult-Classic lmao
Jay: Ladies, Ladies, Ladies, Jay and Silent Bob are in the hizzouse!