Eugenides follows the boys as they analyze the Lisbon sisters’ deaths, thoughts before their deaths, body language before their deaths, social lives before their deaths, and their house leading up to their deaths. The boys try to go through the inner workings of the girls to figure out why they killed themselves. They start by analyzing the youngest, Mary’s, suicide. The boys have evidence for the girls’ motivation individually and as a whole. My first reaction to the book was shocked, the book goes really deep into some sensitive topics and it was very shocking to me. But as I read further into the book I connected the topics to people I know and just society as a whole. I think that if you read this book you should definitely know, this book goes deep into self harm, suicide, and depression and if you are sensitive to these topics do not read this book. This book is really interesting and will get you hooked into it and will make you feel as if you are one of the boys, analyzing the lives of the girls to see what made them commit suicide.
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