*3.5
dark emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

POOR BASIL WTF
challenging dark mysterious reflective tense 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
dark 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
dark mysterious reflective 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
challenging dark mysterious reflective 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

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!

dorian gray is the biggest dick in classic literature