For the better or for the worst, which book actually affected you. I’ll start, The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides. Such an amazing book, well written and suprised me.
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The blurb on the back stated that each Lisbon sister k1lled themselves one by one. What I was expecting was throughout every 3 or so chapters, a Lisbon sister would kill themselves. But actually, 85% of the book, was only 1 Lisbon sister dead and the other 4 alive until the end when they all k1lled themselves. If I was told that the large majority of the book was just about the Lisbon girls life through the eyes of teenage boys and then eventually in the end they all k1ll themselves, I would probably be less interested in the book. But this book was hard to put down, it was so well written with amazing vocabulary and it spent the right amount of time explaining things (instead of using 12 pages to describe a staircase or only 3 sentences to describe a plot etc). It kept me interested and also with it being on a slightly alarming topic (suicide), it gave the book an eerie feeling which filled me with a strange comfort.
Such a simple book but ‘the little prince’
Loved it too
I LOVE that book so much it just fills my heart with such joy. I had to read the original French version for my high school French class and it’s probably my favorite book ever, as childish as that may be there’s just something so special about it
My answer too. I bought it for my son when he was younger for him to read and I teared up just thinking about him getting the feels as he read it too. Unfortunately, I don’t think he enjoyed it as much as I did.
It’s one of those books that have a different meaning throughout your life. But it’s rich with concepts only adults could understand personallyv
YES I’d respond with the same. I remember reading it when I was younger and then rereading it as I got older and it just flows and fits no matter how old you are.