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Lynai
Mar 18, 2011 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: own-a-copy
What strikes me most about this book is the narrator’s voice. First person, personal pronoun, plural – WE. To me, this is very original – the very first book I’ve read which uses WE as narrator, and one of the reasons why I like this book.

Then there are the questions. Why did Cecilia kill herself? Why did the other sisters decide to follow suit? Was the suicide a suicide pact? Were the sisters mentally deranged or simply different? The Virgin Suicides, for the entire 5 chapters, leaves more ques ...more
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Lennie
Apr 03, 2009 rated it did not like it
This book is about the five Lisbon sisters who committ suicide and how their male high school classmates try and understand their deaths years later. I chose to read this book because I had enjoyed the author's other book, Middlesex, so it seemed only fitting to want to try and read this one. And what a contrast the two are! While both deal with teenage angst, VS lacked the narrative in which to hold my interest and I didn't find the characters all that interesting. I am baffled as to why it bec ...more
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Lindsay
Oct 14, 2009 rated it liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: bookcrossing, fiction, 1001, z2009, america
Very interesting the way in which the girls lives were created from the perspective of those around them, looking back to their youth and the items they had scavenged from the Lisbon's. It leaves a sense of mystery and incompleteness of their lives but all wraps together realistically and tragically. ...more
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Christina
Sep 16, 2010 rated it liked it
Shelves: contemporary, 2010-reads
Creepy, but not as much as I expected.
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Gracee
Mar 29, 2009 marked it as to-read
Roseann
Jun 13, 2009 rated it it was ok
Britt Lovelady
Jul 18, 2009 rated it liked it
Jennifer
Aug 31, 2009 rated it really liked it
Kate
Sep 04, 2009 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Eileen Woie
Jan 25, 2010 rated it it was ok
Haley
Mar 09, 2010 marked it as to-read
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Mar 24, 2010 rated it liked it
Stephen
May 16, 2010 marked it as to-read
Mimi
Aug 14, 2010 rated it really liked it
Dingus
Oct 05, 2010 marked it as ever-since-1993-we-is-bin
Jaime
Nov 05, 2011 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Sarah
Nov 27, 2011 marked it as to-read
Whit3tig3y
Jul 07, 2012 marked it as to-read
Sabrina
Jul 12, 2012 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Lindsey
May 30, 2013 marked it as to-read
Shelves: lifetime-of-books-challenge
Amy W
Oct 13, 2014 marked it as to-read
Shelves: tbr-literary, february-2
Lindsay
Jun 26, 2015 marked it as to-read
Suzanne
Apr 23, 2017 marked it as to-read
Shelves: historical-fiction, 1970s
Sherri
Aug 11, 2017 rated it liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: audio
Sam
Apr 13, 2020 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Kim DeCina
Sep 04, 2020 marked it as to-read
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