Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

27 reviews

uss_mary_shelley's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

It's always interesting reading something when you have a cultural understanding of it and a dissertation written on the time period. Steeped in its history and contemporary moods. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Suicide

Moderate: Antisemitism and Suicidal thoughts

jackyjoojoo's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

could be boring at times but otherwise amaizing :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Sexism, Racism, Murder, and Mental illness

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

Moderate: Antisemitism, Misogyny, and Toxic relationship

taniethrifter's review against another edition

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Alcohol, Body shaming, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Hate crime, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

crying_again's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism

Moderate: Blood, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, Sexism, and Racial slurs

Minor: Misogyny and Murder

adhdru's review against another edition

dark reflective slow-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

2.5

I felt the book dragged longer than necessary I think it successfully made its point about probably midway through. 

Some of Henry’s comments were darkly amusing and entertaining at first, but it got old pretty quickly. And Dorian’s only (mildly) remarkable feature was his long-lasting beauty for he remained as shallow and flat from beginning to end. 

On top of that there’s some really misogynistic and racists bits that were really hard to read. I understand that we can’t possibly hold the books to the same standards of today, but I have read other books from the time (and even before) that fare way better. 

In summary, the only positive thing about it was all the queer subtext (which gets this review that extra .5)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

Moderate: Drug use

Minor: Misogyny, Racial slurs, and Racism

camilleingram's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Mental illness, and Death