Reviews with content warning for Antisemitism - The Picture of Dorian Gray

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The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

448 reviews

micaela11's review against another edition

2.5

mysterious reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

overall interesting but all those quotes about women, society and morality were way too on the nose and extremely repetitive, i guess at the time it might have been shocking because people weren't allowed to say stuff like that but side eye if you find it really smart now

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archiveofrasa's review against another edition

5.0

dark tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I prefer this version ever so slightly to the 1891 version and the reasons have never been so obvious (this is Textually Gay)

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archiveofrasa's review against another edition

4.75

challenging dark tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

it's a classic what else can I say

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almaprincess66's review against another edition

4.25

challenging emotional funny mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Mostmár biztosan tudni fogom az utalásokat amiket erre a könyvre tesznek.

Újonnan, ez egy olyan klasszikus mű, mely saját szerepet tölt be a pop-kultúrában, s így a róla szóló információimból teljesen másra számítottam.

Most elkezdhetnék filozofálni, de az szegény Basil kárára menne. Nem kellett volna meghalnia. Szegény szerelmi tragédia.

Dorian a könyv vége felé már szinte teljesen szerethetetlen lett és ezt a narratíva nagyon jól csinálta.

Henry. Henry. Henry. Mit mondjak rólad? A karakteredet imádom de a nézeteidet sokkal kevésbé. The egy borzalmas ember vagy, egy paradoxon gép de legalább te és a környezeted is tudja.

És akkor drága egyetlen Sibyl. Te ártatlan gyermek. Neked se kellett volna meghalnod.

Mindenki aki jó úton járt és jól cselekedett meghalt! (Kivéve Dorian-t mert ő csak hiún cselekedett)

Nem tudom ez az üzenet mit akar átadni, talán azt, hogy a szerelem tragédia és minden jó elnyeri méltó büntetését a végén.

A festmény mint metafora nagyon tetszett. Főleg, hogy rájátszott a metaforára és beleépítette a történetbe. Hogy a történet egy meghatározó eleme egy ennyire elénk helyezett metafora volt.

Összeségében remek mű, vicces, tragikus, frappáns és száz százalékik megértem miért vitték az írót miatta bíróság elé.

R.I.P. Basil Hallward, te és Nick Carraway nagyon jó barátok lettetek volna!

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infernosballad's review against another edition

4.0

dark reflective tense 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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decrown's review against another edition

4.25

dark mysterious 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

everyone is terrible, chapter 11 almost killed me

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tayaingrid's review against another edition

4.0

dark medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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emiliarosep's review against another edition

4.0

dark mysterious tense slow-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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teabrewer's review against another edition

3.75

challenging dark reflective sad slow-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

Everything in this book is golden, red and olive green. If you know what each of these colors meant for the victorians, you already have a great synopsis for it. This is a story about an unrequited love, the corruption of a soul, the obsession for aesthetical beauty and all lives ruined in the way.

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addendumrefrain's review against another edition

2.5

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Character development that corrupts and makes one deplorable is also character development of a kind so this is why I have selected yes for strong character development. I knew there would be antisemitism because it's Wilde, but good lord. I feel like that also made Dorian hideous in the painting as well and in the end. It was slow-ish and there's a lot of descriptions of things and the furniture and possessions which I think was the point—he had a love for being envious and I think as he became hideous in the painting, Dorian felt that it truly reflected his true self on a unconscious level. It was kind of interesting watching the man destroy himself and become terrified and haunted by himself.

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