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Портрет Дориана Грея by Oscar Wilde

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https_presley's review against another edition

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challenging dark informative mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

3.5

meghanh2020's review against another edition

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challenging dark reflective fast-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

a flower as a metaphor for youth but make it evil

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5.0

Alternate Title: The Power and Genius of Lord Henry Wotton

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Though it is a bit of a pretentious drag at times, the entire book is a masterpiece.
So many quotable lines!

feyx's review against another edition

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dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

The first half of the book was a little bit boring. My main thought was Please make Lord Henry shut up but the second half really got me. Absolutely loved the ending

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bibbletje's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

4.0

missmarguerita's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense 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

Utterly terrifying, fabulous ending.

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one4ale's review against another edition

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5.0

4.5/5, closer to a 5 than a 4.

I loved this book, it was so interesting and well-written. The VA for this particular audiobook really added to it as well. I think what I liked best were the dialogues between Lord Henry and Dorian, even if what the former was saying was wrong. The ending was good too; I expected it but was not disappointed by it.

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I especially like that he had so many chances to reform/escape death and remained a hypocrite through and through until the end, which is why I think he got that end and not Lord Henry. He, at least, was not a hypocrite - just a bad person.

If there was one thing I would've liked to see it would be

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more of a focus into his specific sins. There were many allusions to them, the lives he'd ruined and addictions/vices he accrued, but it would have been nice to see them in real time besides the opium and Sybil, etc. etc.

It's not a dealbreaker though, obviously.