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The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides
3.0

Booktube-a-thon 2015 | Book # 3

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This book was on my ‘ I need to read as soon as possible’ list for a really long time. With the booktube-a-thon, I was able to choose a book I’ve really wanted to read and I automatically chose this book. I’ve been haunted by curiosity and intrigue for years and I couldn’t wait to start it.

Honestly, (wah wah wah) I was kind of disappointed. In my opinion, this book is really overhyped and is marketed differently than it actually presents. The writing style and point of view were different than I expected. For some reason, I though that the book was going to be in the POV’s of each of the girls before each of the committed suicide, but it wasn’t that at all. The main POV felt very detached which in turn make me feel detached from the whole story.

I really loved reading about the girls. They captivated me. Id it wouldn’t have been for the small little peeks I got into the girls’ lives, I probably wouldn’t have finished this book.