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hannah_so's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Murder
Minor: Drug abuse
blymanor's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
Moderate: Murder, Misogyny, Infidelity, and Suicide
Minor: Racism, Drug use, Drug abuse, and Alcohol
tuhdais06's review against another edition
Minor: Misogyny, Alcoholism, Suicide, Antisemitism, Drug abuse, and Blood
morganrie's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Blood, Murder, Death, and Suicide
Minor: Addiction, Animal death, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Misogyny, Suicide, and Violence
minhtan's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Moderate: Drug abuse, Death, Blood, and Toxic friendship
reverie_and_books's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
I have mixed feelings. On one hand, it is beautifully, artfully written. I also like that it leaves the moral to the reader (interesting, because the novel was published twice - the second time apparently being 'less unmoral').
On the other hand, there is a lot of misogyny and sprinkles of antisemitism in this book. It is fitting for Dorians Character development, at the same time I found these parts hard to read. It seems that Wilde used many stereotypes to represent various movements of the Victorian era. So I am left a little puzzled while repeating this citation in my head: It is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors.
đ©đȘ Inhalt: Dorian Gray ist ein auĂergewöhnlich schöner junger Mann. WĂ€hrend von ihm ein Portrait angefertigt wird stellt er fĂŒr sich fest, dass er selbst altert, das Portrait jedoch nicht. Darauf wĂŒnscht er sich, es wĂ€re umgekehrt. Es ist eine Geschichte ĂŒber falsche Freunde, die Viktorianische Ăra und moralischen Verfall.
Ich habe gemischte GefĂŒhle zu diesem Roman. Einerseits sind die SĂ€tze einfach wunderschön. Zudem ĂŒberlĂ€sst Wilde den Leser:innen die Moral. Ein interessanter Aspekt dazu ist, dass der Roman zweimal veröffentlich wurde - beim zweiten Mal wohl weniger "unmoralisch". Die Geschichte rund um Oscar Wilde finde ich teils sehr tragisch und in dieser Ausgabe sind viele zusĂ€tzliche Informationen enthalten.
Andererseits ist der Roman mit Antisemitismus und Misogynie besprenkelt. Beides fand ich schwer auszuhalten, gleichwohl passt es zu der Entwicklung der Charaktere. Der Roman hat damals viele schlimme Kritiken eingebracht, jedoch nicht aus diesen GrĂŒnden. Wilde hat (nach kurzer Recherche meinerseits) viele Stereotypen seiner Zeit verwendet. Dazu schwirrt mir sein Zitat im Kopf: It is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors.
Moderate: Murder
Minor: Drug abuse, Antisemitism, and Misogyny
s_zoe_k05's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Moderate: Blood, Violence, Toxic friendship, Murder, Gore, Drug abuse, Death of parent, Death, Alcohol, and Addiction
Minor: Child abuse and Stalking
lucy12345's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Death, Drug use, Drug abuse, Murder, and Violence
Moderate: Suicide
Minor: Misogyny, Racism, and Antisemitism
bronbaewr's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Death
Minor: Sexual content
sherbertwells's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
âYou and I are what we are, and will be what we will be. As for being poisoned by a book, there is no such thing as thatâŠthe books that the world calls immoral are books that snow the world its own shameâ (206)
âThe wonderful beauty that had so fascinated Basil Hallward, and many others besides him seemed never to leave [Dorian]. Even those who had heard the most evil things against him, and from time to time strange rumors about his mode of life crept through London and became the chatter of the clubs, could not believe anything to his dishonour when they saw him. He had the look of one who had kept himself unspotted from the worldâ (124)
âAll art is at once surface and symbol.
Those who go beneath the surface do so at their peril.
Those who read the symbol do so at their perilâ (4)
Graphic: Murder and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Addiction, Antisemitism, Death, Gun violence, Infidelity, Misogyny, and Suicide
Minor: Drug abuse and Drug use