The Virgin Suicides
Book • 1993
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marylisbonsoven
lux (a 14 year old) participates in statutory rape a few times and is described in detail
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Thecraft1996
the boys like sit outside and watch the lisbon girls
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Is there domestic violence?
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Thecraft1996
the mother is very over protective
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Thecraft1996
Marijuana
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Are there bugs?
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Thecraft1996
fish flies
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Assault
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Romana
There is statutory rape - adult men have sex with a 14 year old girl
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Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
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Thecraft1996
at the start one of the sisters slit there wrists in the bath
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Is there a hanging?
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Thecraft1996
SPOILERS
a character hangs themselves at the end and the boys find them
a character hangs themselves at the end and the boys find them
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Does someone fall to their death?
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Thecraft1996
wasn't a high fall and the fall wasn't the reason the character died (this happens around pages 20-30)
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Does a kid die?
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Thecraft1996
4 teenagers' and a 18 yr old
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Is the r-slur used?
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marylisbonsoven
the boys call a certain disabled neighbour ‘joe the r*tard’
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Drugs/Alcohol
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marylisbonsoven
therese overdoses on sleeping pills to kill herself, and later on so does mary
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Is a child's toy destroyed?
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marylisbonsoven
lux is forced to burn her records as a form of punishment
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Is there a shower scene?
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marylisbonsoven
not a shower scene specifically but the girls are heavily objectified and characters speak a few times of wanting to catch them showering
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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Thecraft1996
not in detail
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Thecraft1996
its a book lol
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Are needles/syringes used?
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Thecraft1996
at the start on page 5 just after "her yellow eyes didn't blink"
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Is there a hospital scene?
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Thecraft1996
one of the girls wake up in hospital after a suicide attempt
and another one is in the hospital because there appendix bursts
and another one is in the hospital because there appendix bursts
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Thecraft1996
at the start a girl slits her wrists
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Does someone attempt suicide?
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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Thecraft1996
8 people in a car
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Thecraft1996
5 girls
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
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suzie
someone is calles "joe the r word"
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Are there usages of the n-word?
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Thecraft1996
cant find the page but i don't think it was said to a black person
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Is there sexual content?
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marylisbonsoven
lux is quite sexually active
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Is there blood/gore?
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Thecraft1996
just a bit of blood
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