Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

El retrato de Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

55 reviews

scorpio_rising5's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

even with it's darkness the book is rich and absorbs you into it's queer world

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism

Moderate: Toxic relationship

cadybooks's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Toxic relationship, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Sexism

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

namu_lover's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

one of my favourite books i've read in the past couple of years! it's really interesting and it explores different views on life, which i found fascinating!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship and Murder

safety_pin's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Self harm, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Violence, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

kyliereichert's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Minor: Drug use, Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

michayla13's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Antisemitism, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Death of parent

Minor: Racial slurs

abby_reads_books's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

• 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Misogyny, Toxic relationship, and Antisemitism

rmlsxb's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• 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

i got attached to basil and

actually sobbed when he died LMFAOOO

and if one more person says that Ben Barnes was perfect for the role of Dorian i will commit a felony

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Suicide, Violence, Murder, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Ableism, Gore, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Antisemitism, Medical content, Grief, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Emotional abuse, Blood, Antisemitism, Death of parent, and Abandonment

kathleenivy's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Body horror, Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Stalking, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Dysphoria

carolinacortez's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

"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"

• relectura 2023

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Antisemitism, and Alcohol

Moderate: Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Racism, Blood, Religious bigotry, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Suicide, Torture, and Toxic relationship