Reviews tagging 'Child death'

The Picture Of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

9 reviews

niles_reads's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I've been experiencing the symptoms of BPD while reading this book. 

Chapter eleven was a snoozefest to get through, though afterwards I enjoyed the rest of the book a lot better than the part before it. 

I understood this book, I understood its message, but my god will you ever finish a sentence, Mr Wilde? I would start reading a sentence then forget what I even read by the end of it.

It's a 4.5 for me. If chapter 12 and onwards didn't exist, it would've been lower.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Classism

reyla__'s review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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One of the easiest beginner classics tbh. Basil deserved better. Rating would be higher if Dorian didn't go on about the things he loved for 20 pages.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexism, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

The part where

Dorian stabs his portrait (himself?)

might be suicide? Soul death, if you will

bilbili's review against another edition

4.5

relaxing fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, Murder

Moderate: Child death, Death, Misogyny, Sexism, Antisemitism

Minor: Body horror, Drug use, Blood

imjumokay's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark funny mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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fuck lord henry all my homies hate lord henry. good on victoria for leaving that miserable POS. rich people should have their excesses seized. get a job. my copy of this book was old and withered and musty like dorian gray and his crusty ass. basil <3 bby you didnt deserve what you got <3

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Misogyny, Sexism, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Antisemitism, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Classism

Moderate: Xenophobia, Cultural appropriation, Colonisation

Minor: Infidelity, Slavery

lottebluebird's review against another edition

5.0

dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

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Das erste Buch, bei dem mir die wunderschöne Sprache aufgefallen ist. Ein Kunstwerk!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Suicide

Minor: Child death, Death of parent

waytoomanybooks's review against another edition

3.0

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Knowing about Oscar Wilde's past is crucial to reading this novel. It's not just that his gayness was an open secret, but that his targets weren't just men, but also boys. As in actual teenage children. Wilde was also openly Antisemitic and misogynistic in his real life and throughout the novel. What his three main characters do, say, think, and feel very closely mirrors Wilde's own. Much like the titular Dorian, it is clear that Wilde suffered from an inflated ego, was bloated with pride, and had a conscience that weighed him down...but not enough to change, grow, or do better. Trigger warnings abound throughout this novel as we watch Dorian explore the world of vice and sin, leaving a body count in his wake.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

sarahsbookss's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Drug use, Murder, Gaslighting

jo_d's review against another edition

dark reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship

Moderate: Child death, Death, Misogyny, Suicide

Minor: Antisemitism

marigoldgem's review against another edition

1.0

dark mysterious 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

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Unsatisfactory end 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Racial slurs, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Murder, Toxic friendship, Classism