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This was an exquisite read, lyrical despite the macabre subject matter. From the first pages, I lost myself in the story, and it stands on its own as a brilliant one, told expertly. The brilliance of this book is that it also explores intriguing stylistic themes (allegory, foreshadowing) as well as subject matters (fate vs. free will, appearance vs. reality) without detracting from the flow of the story. I will eagerly read anything else Mr. Eugenides has written, and highly recommend this beaut
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Interesting first novel about a group of teenage boys trying to figure out why five sisters all chose to commit suicide. No real answers are here to that question though Eugenides hints at the role of oppression and religious zealotry in causing their deaths.
A friend recommended this book to me, and it honestly isn't the sort of book I would normally read. It was pretty engaging, and it did echo a little bit of the community we grew up in. That was creepy. Overall I liked it.
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The genius of Jeffrey Eugenides astounds me.
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