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The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

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bluemondayy's review against another edition

2.0

"To get back my youth I would do anything in the world, except take exercise, get up early, or be respectable"

Interesting premise but found the characters and writing mostly unbearable.

styo's review against another edition

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dark reflective fast-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

booksinthesky's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious reflective tense 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

4.5

kgramly's review against another edition

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dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

redolentsap's review against another edition

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dark emotional 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? Yes

5.0

robi22's review against another edition

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dark emotional reflective tense fast-paced

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

3.25

This was a good book, not great but just good. It is a classic so of course the writing isn’t modern. I did find myself reading with an accent. A couple of the chapters felt in needed to the plot or storyline. Almost as if they were there to fill a void that didn’t exist or something was missing that required those points to be made. Besides that & looking past the flaws, the depth & plot was great. Definitely made the book worth reading.