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mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Antisemitism, Toxic friendship
Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Murder
Minor: Misogyny
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Suicide, Murder
Moderate: Misogyny, Sexism, Antisemitism
Minor: Drug use, Racism
challenging
dark
mysterious
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
It's interesting reading this book with the context of Oscar Wilde's defamation court case. The preface, which was written after the rest of the book, during the time of the aforementioned case, talks of art concealing the artist and not the other way, coming across as a form of self defence. On top of that, he writes in the way of an aesthete, creates characters who subscribed to aestheticism, and yet this whole narrative tells the story of the dangers of the aesthetic life, almost proving everything that the case had against him.
It's also very interesting reading this book in a modern context. The ideas which were so foreign then make up our whole society, particularly surrounding internet culture. This book serves as a great warning to try and look past the surface, particularly for the modern youth.
On top of all that, every line is an incredible quote, filled with beauty, but more importantly intentionality. Oscar Wilde knew what he was doing, and has a truly created a timeless classic.
Also, what a fantastic ending.
It's also very interesting reading this book in a modern context. The ideas which were so foreign then make up our whole society, particularly surrounding internet culture. This book serves as a great warning to try and look past the surface, particularly for the modern youth.
On top of all that, every line is an incredible quote, filled with beauty, but more importantly intentionality. Oscar Wilde knew what he was doing, and has a truly created a timeless classic.
Also, what a fantastic ending.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Drug use, Suicide, Murder
dark
reflective
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
After much deliberation I decided this book was worth the 5 starts for me, definitely not for the plot, but for the very clever writing and well written characters that I either despised or felt sorry for.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Suicide, Murder
Moderate: Drug use, Homophobia
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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Murder, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Cursing, Drug use, Homophobia, Stalking, Classism
Minor: Misogyny, Racism
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
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.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Drug use, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Suicide, Violence
Moderate: Body shaming
dark
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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Murder
Moderate: Suicide
Minor: Drug use
dark
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Suicide, Murder
Moderate: Misogyny, Sexism, Antisemitism
Minor: Drug use
reflective
tense
medium-paced
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
Content Warnings
Minor: Drug use, Gore, Murder
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
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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Murder
Moderate: Drug abuse, Gun violence, Misogyny, Suicide, Antisemitism
Minor: Drug use, Racism