Reviews tagging 'Blood'

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

178 reviews

emmacartlidge's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Suicide, Misogyny, Blood, and Death

Minor: Drug abuse

sophyreads's review against another edition

dark inspiring mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Death, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Antisemitism, and Racism

madyreadsig's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• 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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Blood, Drug use, Toxic friendship, Suicide, Religious bigotry, and Death

lau_dbs's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Murder, Suicide, Alcohol, and Blood

localogophile's review against another edition

dark reflective tense medium-paced

• 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

4.0

It's a book that demands to be considered---and it certainly ought to be. It can be enjoyed without thought, but it cannot be fully understood without thought.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Murder

Moderate: Classism and Toxic friendship

Minor: Misogyny

cami_y's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

• 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Blood

Moderate: Antisemitism

jacintajeffriesss's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Grief, Murder, Sexism, Racial slurs, Suicide, and Toxic friendship

naiu_cs's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-paced

• 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

2.0

Very interesting themes of corruption, beauty and obsession but also the most insufferable characters that just aggravated me so much I was tempted to stop reading the book. Also the blatant anti-semitism (which might have been typical for the time, doesn't mean I have to like it), as well as the continous misogyny and bad mouthing women. It was aggravating to get through despite the interesting themes. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Misogyny, Murder, and Sexism

Minor: Antisemitism, Blood, Toxic friendship, and Suicide

_stephbroom_'s review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Blood

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Antisemitism

elihrus's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• 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

4.0

**Read for school compulsory reading**
Well. It's complicated.
I won't talk about the blantant antisemitism and horrible mysoginy, but damn that made it hard to read. I understood that Henry *is* a bad influence, but it was unhinged. 
The first half of the book was pretty slow, nothing really happend. But the middle and second part? That was something, and it made the overall experience much much better. 
I loved the psychology in this book, it reminded me little bit of The Cremator - how much you can influence one. 
I also loved the flower symbolisms throughout the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Grief, Misogyny, and Blood

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Suicide, Antisemitism, and Drug abuse

Minor: Classism, Child abuse, and Death of parent