Reviews tagging 'Racism'

The Picture Of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

162 reviews

shootdownthestars's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Murder

Moderate: Racism, Sexism, Antisemitism

bonradinfinite's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional funny informative mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Animal death, Death, Drug use, Blood, Alcohol

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicide, Grief, Stalking, Toxic friendship, Classism

storyoflife's review against another edition

2.0

challenging dark mysterious reflective 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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i read this for the BBF bookclub im a part of and really had to force myself to finish. The writing style is definitely as old as the publication year suggests and the wording difficult to understand with long sentences and lots of references to other literature.

Its definitely the opposite of my tea. Hard to read, unlikeable characters, rather old and unbending worldview with some sexism, racism and classism sprinkled here and there. Overall a pain in the ass. 

But the philosophical aspect did intrigue me, moral differences aside this is a philosophical experiment and it does serve that purpose well. I had an especially hard time in the beginning, but once I lowered my expectations and no longer tried to feel anything but contempt for the main characters I still thought it a chore to get through, but no longer had the growing urge to throw the book at the wall, drown it and light it on fire. 

Im sure my opinion is bound to change after our bookclub meeting, but I wanted to note my first impression of it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Sexism, Murder, Classism

backitupmoony's review against another edition

4.75

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, Murder

Moderate: Misogyny, Sexism, Antisemitism

Minor: Drug use, Racism

emeralddoha's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

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: Body horror, Death, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Drug use, Homophobia, Stalking, Classism

Minor: Misogyny, Racism

samyacosta's review against another edition

3.25

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Death, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Suicide, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Murder

hazellikestoread's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark informative reflective 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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I’m really not sure what to rate this book. It was undeniably good, and the context in which it was written and what is has to say about that society is fascinating. From a modern perspective, not much happened in the book and there were a lot of statements characters gave that I disagreed with- lord Henry wonton seemed awfully full of himself. But keeping in mind the context, it was an excellent read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Suicide, Violence

Moderate: Body shaming

kaylynngros's review against another edition

4.0

dark mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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classic literature checklist: racism✔️, classism✔️, misogyny✔️, antisemitism✔️

ignoring the blatant prejudices, this book was captivating in ways i didn’t expect whatsoever. at first, i was like damn they yap a lot, but then we got to the painting and dorian’s loss of innocence and spiral into insanity and i was like hell ya. anyway, pretty good book and vibes. 4 stars

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny, Racism, Antisemitism, Classism

packedjam's review against another edition

3.5

dark mysterious reflective 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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sorry i'm still stuck on that whole antisemitic section. like i wasn't expecting great moral writing in the beauty/corruption book but holy hell what was that

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Murder

Moderate: Drug abuse, Gun violence, Misogyny, Suicide, Antisemitism

Minor: Drug use, Racism

sarajuni's review against another edition

3.0

dark reflective 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Sexism, Classism

Moderate: Racism, Antisemitism