The Virgin Suicides

i'm not rating this because i only read one chapter, but there were so many things i did not like about this book already:
- the boys putting the lisbon sisters on a pedestal from a distance, meeting them properly, then deciding they weren't as pretty as they thought they were
- the blatant misogyny from almost every male character - boys sneaking into the girl's house, attributing a suicide attempt for jealousy over a BOY (which was pure speculation), even their father saying how dramatic they all were on their periods eye roll
- RACISM. direct quotes “he looked frail, diseased, and temperamental, as we expected a European to look” and “he came murmuring with his oversize jaw and loose lips, his tiny Japanese eyes...“
- ableism - the r-slur and m-slur are both used to describe a boy with down syndrome

in this book's defense, it was written in 1993 so there was a different standard of what was politically correct at the time. it makes me happy that in the 2020's we strive to read books from the aforementioned people groups that were the butt of the joke in older literature. this being said, i don't really feel like using my leisure time to continue reading a book that uses language i morally don't agree with.