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fujo_cat'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
4.25
O final não me surpreendeu mas não deixou de ser satisfatório! 👀
Graphic: Body horror
Moderate: Murder, Suicide, Gore, Violence, and Sexism
Minor: Alcoholism, Drug use, Addiction, Blood, Stalking, Injury/Injury detail, and Infidelity
halliesanto'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
4.5
Graphic: Murder and Death
Moderate: Misogyny, Violence, Suicide, Antisemitism, and Stalking
Minor: Infidelity and Drug use
seawarrior'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
4.0
I'm sure that most of what I can say about this book in regards to its philosophy and history has already been said by someone more knowledgeable that me, so I won't go into my thoughts on those matters. As a horror story I think it still holds up well in the modern day. Dorian's descent into soullessness grows more chilling by the chapter, as his sins culminate and lead to his ultimate end. Wilde's wit and descriptive language made the scenery and characters come alive, and as the book went on I felt it less challenging to make sense of his dense paragraphs and philosophies. I would recommend this book to other readers. It remains a classic not only for Wilde's adept writing, but the controversy it caused at the time of publication.
Graphic: Body shaming, Death, Misogyny, Murder, Suicide, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Antisemitism, Violence, Racism, Racial slurs, Infidelity, Gun violence, Grief, Drug use, Animal death, Adult/minor relationship, and Addiction
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
maddy_s'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
4.75
Graphic: Body shaming, Homophobia, and Murder
Moderate: Blood, Misogyny, Suicide, Grief, and Death
Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Outing, Racial slurs, Infidelity, and Gun violence
hafable's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Murder, and Infidelity
Moderate: Blood and Antisemitism
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
“You 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 that…the books that the world calls immoral are books that snow the world its own shame” (206)
“The 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 world” (124)
“All 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 peril” (4)
Graphic: Murder and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Addiction, Antisemitism, Death, Gun violence, Infidelity, Misogyny, and Suicide
Minor: Drug abuse and Drug use
curatoriallyyours'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
3.5
Graphic: Death, Murder, and Suicide
Moderate: Addiction, Body shaming, Drug abuse, Sexism, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Addiction, Antisemitism, Death of parent, Drug use, Blood, Grief, Infidelity, Medical content, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Stalking, and Violence