thevirginsuicides it's very very cult. (not many people will warm up to it) and a little trashy, but not all the time, and very different from neverwhere/ things I've been reading lately. I stumbled upon it while doing my philo summative- the one on euthanasia, and went on wiki to look for the definition of suicide, which linked to the virgin suicides, a r-rated movie with kirsten dunst and josh harnett. So it turned out that the movie was based on a book, and I went to look for it. It's about four sisters aged 13-17, who are eventually driven to suicide. The book is taken from the point of view of neighbouring adolescent boys who are intrigued by the girls and their seclusion. It is the type of thing that adults say will "give you ideas", since the first sister kills herself at the age of 13 over a boy. 0_0 and the rest kill themselves partly because of the grief and partly because their parents have been overprotective. The author sets the story in the 70s, (I like things like that; see summer of the swans and dancing in the cadillac light) with the boys being middle-aged men recounting their experiences. It it a social commentary of suicides and the emotional/ psychological turmoil that teens undergo, and might not be appropriate for younger readers, and may not appeal to a lot of people.
more tomorrow.