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The Picture Of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

208 reviews

violet_carson's review against another edition

4.0

dark inspiring reflective 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, Murder

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexism

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

ciel_nemo's review against another edition

2.0

tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Génial et détestable

Absolument détestable. Très bien mis en image. Les deux points sont pour le motif récurrent du portrait en dernière case sur toutes les pages impaires, du génie. Une excellente BD pour qui veut découvrir cette œuvre sans lire le roman.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Death, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment

kreglow's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I will be honest: I did not care for the published version of Dorian Gray that most people are familiar with. It felt unfocused and seemed like a wild (or, perhaps Wilde) pursuit of tangents that felt like diversions rather than conducive to the story. As it turns out, this instinct was somewhat correct, as this original, uncensored version of Wilde's novel is much more focused, while allowing for Wilde to be creative and philosophical while still telling an engaging story. Gone are subplots and a cumbersome second half that seemed to have been added to fill pages, and in their stead are excerpts removed from the original draft that deepen the character relationships and make for a more engaging and tragic story. This is the version people should look for. 

There is also a rather long introduction at the beginning of the book. Whether you choose to read it first or skip it and come back to it later, I highly recommend reading it, as it provides a lot more historical context and shows how Wilde's time shaped the work in all its forms.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Antisemitism, Medical content, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Infidelity

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

_diescutely's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This book will forever be engraved in my soul, forever this book will follow me. 

There aren’t enough words in the english language to describe this book, no word can easily encapsulate the feeling this book gave me.

The writing was so eloquent in a way that no writer I’ve read has been able to achieve. This was the first book I actually took time to annotate and jot down some quotes (114 to be exact) 

Now don’t be fooled, this book is still old and classic. There are parts that don’t make sense, that bore me and chapters filled with useless rambling and misogyny. But if you can just look past that and take the book for what it is, your efforts will not be in vain. This book is worth reading. 

I’m not sure if I’ll ever watch the Netflix adaptation to this book, especially since they made Basil and Dorian siblings (Basil, the same man who repeatedly refers to worshipping Dorian). I still think if any book had to be the cause of someone going to jail for their homosexuality tendencies, it should be this one. 

I wish I could erase my memory, just to read it again.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder

Moderate: Death, Misogyny, Suicide, Antisemitism

Minor: Antisemitism

lovingblackcat's review against another edition

5.0

dark mysterious reflective sad 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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body shaming, Drug abuse, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol

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

mizzouatheart's review against another edition

4.75

dark mysterious 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: Addiction, Drug use, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Murder, Classism

raptor_reads17's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark informative inspiring mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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It is not like the Dorian Gray from "League of Extraordinary Gentlemen".
When I finished this book, I couldn't stop thinking about it, and I could not wait to talk to someone else who had read it as well. I will definitely be reading this again!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Mental illness, Suicide, Violence, Grief, Murder