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Violence
None
Five suicides depicted; some are graphic
Language
Barely any
Mild language
Sexual Content
Barely any
Teen romantic and sexual content
Substance Use
None
Some teen drinking
Emotional Intensity
A lot
Extreme psychological darkness; teenage despair, voyeurism, and communal trauma
What this book is about
Eugenides's 1993 debut novel is narrated by a group of men looking back on the suicides of five Lisbon sisters when they were teenagers. The suicides unfold gradually. Features voyeurism, teen suicide, sexual content (teen romance), and extreme psychological darkness. For mature readers.
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Five teenage suicides depicted
Extreme psychological darkness
Teen sexual content
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