Reviews with content warning for Injury/Injury detail - The Picture of Dorian Gray

"He grew more and more enamoured of his own beauty, more and nore interested in the corruption of his own soul"

"wondering sometimes which were the more horrible, the signs of sin or the singns of age"

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Y en realidad, todo el libro le parecía contener la historia de su propia vida, escrita antes de que hubiera vivido.

Después de varios años en que no leí a dorian, finalmente me di el tiempo y hoy shit, es mucho mejor de lo que recordaba jajaja, por eso sigue siendo el clásico superior y el dark acedemia og.
La manera en la que WIlde se burlaba de las clases superior es uff chef kiss, la verdad es que tengo mucho pero poco que decir, cuando se trata de mis libros favs mi mente siempre me dice mm no se como expresarlo, solo que quede como registro que me gusta mucho más que las veces anteriores que lo lei, y pude notar cosas que había pasado por alto (todas las referencias hoosexuales de Brasil hacia Dorian).

En sus tratos con el hombre, el Destino nunca cancelaba sus cuentas.

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dark sad 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

4.5

I absolutely loved this book. I loved the way Wilde played with the ideas of aesthetics over ethics, the power of influence (by both the characters and the temptation of sin) and of the imitation of life in art. I loved how Basil was an angel sat on one of Dorians shoulders, and Lord Henry was the Devil sat on the other, and I enjoyed the interplay of all the characters.

I also enjoyed the dark theme of the novel. Very often, books I have read have a 'picture-perfect' view of life or have a happy ending and it was stimulating to follow a character who's life ended up being so entrenched in corruption and vanity, whilst having an ungovernable compulsion to engage with sin in order to provoke some kind of feeling or experience.

I admit that the novel was slightly flowery in places but this didn't put me off in any way and I think the florid prose actually suited the plot and the temperament of the characters.

For my first classic, I think I picked a good one! I am yet to read some more reviews and analysis of the book but from what I've read of them so far, it's helped me understand some things better! I am definitely going to give this a re-read to see how my perspective and understanding of the book changes a second time round!

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