Reply With QuoteI just finished reading this book and I got to say the ending was pretty predictable- I was expecting some big twist in the tale but it was still a good book nonetheless.
The Virgin Suicides written by Jeffrey Eugenides.
Just finished reading this book and I have to say it held my interest quite well. Granted the ending is a bit predictable and the general story is explained in the first few pages, you still want to read to the end to have the tale expained.
It is told through the eyes of a man who, as a teenager with his friends, worshipped the Lisbon girls and followed their every move. He is now compiling some form of investigation into their tragic deaths and the book is mainly his and neighbours memories.
The whole tale of exactly why all 5 sisters committed suicide is still a mystery, which the reader might be expecting to find the answer to, but by the end you are left with no more insight than when the book began. Which to me was a slight disappointment, although I'm not really into novels that leave questions unanswered.
However, I am even more intrigued to see the film that has been made of it now. There was mention of "Exhibits" and I think seeing an interpretation of what these would look like may round off the story quite nicely for me.
All in all an enjoyable book. It doesn't drag on and took me around 3 days to read, so its favourable to those with shorter attention spans
...I got myself in a mess again, I need the smell of your sweat on my skin...
I just finished reading this book and I got to say the ending was pretty predictable- I was expecting some big twist in the tale but it was still a good book nonetheless.
ive got this book. i read it summer 2000. i remember reading it in the no. 62 bus into town. i thought that it was a really really interesting read. about how death can devastate family but also bring it closer together. i dont remember much from books i read, but i remember thinking Lux was possibly the epitome of gurl-cool, the kind of chick every guy would want but none could have. it was just excellent. the way they protected the dying elm trees. very poignant.
oh and i remeber the 'symbolism' of the house decaying as the family fell apart. people should read it.
atkie.
'Each morning it is her face that replaces the darkness' - Mirror by Sylvia Plath.
Yeah, Lux was cool
although I liked it I was left thinking 'what was the point in that', when I thought about it, the story was totally unrealistic, had no real meaning or moral and I didnt see much point in why it was written in the first place. Considering that, I couldnt put it down and it took me a day and a whole night to read.Originally posted by MorbidAngel
The Virgin Suicides written by Jeffrey Eugenides.
It is told through the eyes of a man who, as a teenager with his friends, worshipped the Lisbon girls and followed their every move. He is now compiling some form of investigation into their tragic deaths and the book is mainly his and neighbours memories.
The whole tale of exactly why all 5 sisters committed suicide is still a mystery, which the reader might be expecting to find the answer to, but by the end you are left with no more insight than when the book began.
I think i mite giv that a try. Plus its on sale in fopp
Yeah Fopp is good. I got about 5 books out of there for about £15. Music Zone in Sauchiehall Street has a good range as well. A lot of Stephen King books for less than a fiver. However it tends to be mostly music orientated (again that phrase) books. Fopp has a better choice.Originally posted by lowtone
I think i mite giv that a try. Plus its on sale in fopp
Oh btw...the film was utter pish.
Just so you know
...I got myself in a mess again, I need the smell of your sweat on my skin...
Yeah I made the mistake of renting out the film after I had read the book.
Ouch!
Same with Girl, Interrupted. The film goes down the melodrama path which the book does not do.
Ah well least I wasn't the only one to waste money on such a baaaad idea.
I don't think I've seen a worse film
...I got myself in a mess again, I need the smell of your sweat on my skin...
Yea. I think the prices r pretty decent. I got stuff for school out there as well.Originally posted by Drusilla MacBog
Yeah Fopp is good. I got about 5 books out of there for about £15. Music Zone in Sauchiehall Street has a good range as well. A lot of Stephen King books for less than a fiver. However it tends to be mostly music orientated (again that phrase) books. Fopp has a better choice.
lol - they had godzilla the movie for 99p not so long ago
Originally posted by PurpleRose
film was shockingly awful
Thnx for the warnin':o
I thought the film was good
Originally Posted by Dec
I thought the film was dire to be perfectly honest. The only thing that kept me going through it was the fact I had shelled out money in order to rent the damn thing
[marquee]If my father gives me one more hint to tidy my room I'm ramming the fucking hoover up his arse[/marquee]
Trying to be verbally ironic whatever the fuck that means
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