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4.08 AVERAGE
4.08 AVERAGE
Me parece increíble como este libro publicado en el siglo XIX trata temas que podemos aplicar en pleno siglo XXI. Actualmente vivimos en una sociedad superficial, obsesionada por la belleza, donde las operaciones para conseguir cumplir los cánones son la normalidad. Incluyendo un horrible miedo a envejecer. Parece que nos hemos convertido en Dorian Gray, y sabiendo como acaba su historia, no quiero saber cual será nuestro final.
Rating updated from 1 star (in 2016 I'd say) to 4 stars now.
I am so glad to have given this book another try after hating it in secondary school. I loved the Romanticism displayed throughout the book even though the book came out in the Victorian era, and while the philosophical musings of Lord Henry were sometimes too difficult to understand or follow for me at least, the character development makes it all worthwhile. There are some time jumps that confused me, but I have been able to make sense of it. I could also appreciate Dorian's obsessive reading and collecting now when seeing them as materialism and indulgence---symbolic for the sins on Dorian's soul, or rather, the picture. Very much recommend this book!
I am so glad to have given this book another try after hating it in secondary school. I loved the Romanticism displayed throughout the book even though the book came out in the Victorian era, and while the philosophical musings of Lord Henry were sometimes too difficult to understand or follow for me at least, the character development makes it all worthwhile. There are some time jumps that confused me, but I have been able to make sense of it. I could also appreciate Dorian's obsessive reading and collecting now when seeing them as materialism and indulgence---symbolic for the sins on Dorian's soul, or rather, the picture. Very much recommend this book!
dorian gray is the biggest dick in classic literature
dark
mysterious
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I recommend the uncensored edition - there are some chapters “missing” in that original. The addition of the chapters in later editions were to make the book a more rounded story with moral closure. But it wasn’t intended to be morally watertight.
dark
tense
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
dark
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
challenging
dark
mysterious
reflective
tense
slow-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
Probably my favourite classic (one that get's re-read often).
okay but chapter 11 was hideously long and redundantly so
the prose is beautiful if sometimes overly descriptive, the characters themselves are fleshed out, there is a sweeping theatricality to the plot’s structure that I could definitely appreciate, a certain sensationalism that makes the novel surprisingly gripping.
my takeaway was tbh more about art than anything…? the dangers of viewing one’s own life as art, how viewing others as art can objectify and dehumanise them in your eyes, etc. and i suppose the relationship this has to narcissism.
the prose is beautiful if sometimes overly descriptive, the characters themselves are fleshed out, there is a sweeping theatricality to the plot’s structure that I could definitely appreciate, a certain sensationalism that makes the novel surprisingly gripping.
my takeaway was tbh more about art than anything…? the dangers of viewing one’s own life as art, how viewing others as art can objectify and dehumanise them in your eyes, etc. and i suppose the relationship this has to narcissism.