Reviews tagging 'Racism'

El retrato de Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

112 reviews

spineofthesaurus's review against another edition

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Classism, Murder, Toxic friendship, Dysphoria, Blood, Suicide, Gaslighting, Drug use, Emotional abuse, and Alcohol

Moderate: Xenophobia, Ableism, Colonisation, Racism, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, and Gun violence

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

momogajo's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

It is really good withrich exploration on many different themes. I love the exploration of how much influence another can have on anothers life. Henry influenced Dorian; Dorian influenced others around him; and how much that influence really did make or break anothers life.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Violence

Minor: Racism, Drug use, and Drug abuse

celinbean's review against another edition

dark 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

4.0

the characters were wildly unlikeable to me but the drama of it all was still entertaining 

I might write more thoughts on this later but i need to study for my finals now so my head is literally just not ready to write even a semblance of a cohesive text about this book lol

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Classism, Misogyny, Murder, and Racial slurs

asherport's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Suicide, and Death

Moderate: Antisemitism, Classism, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, and Xenophobia

maess's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Classism, Death, Sexism, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Misogyny, Self harm, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Suicide, Murder, Racism, and Suicidal thoughts

autisticmisabel's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense slow-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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Antisemitism, Misogyny, Racism, Murder, Drug use, and Suicide

sophyreads's review against another edition

dark inspiring mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Death, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Antisemitism, and Racism

enoemo's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-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

This was a good read (you know, apart from the random misogyny and antisemitism that came with the time and do not really add to the story either) and chapter 11. I don't know but chapter 11 was just a lot of rambling in an otherwise exciting book in my opinion. Also, I see how someone would likely dislike this book if deeply flawed characters are not their thing - for one it kind builds the main plot and also there's probably a bit too much Lord Henry in there.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Alcohol, Gaslighting, Suicide, Classism, Colonisation, Stalking, Antisemitism, Blood, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Racial slurs, Drug abuse, and Racism

joensign's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, and Suicide

Moderate: Antisemitism, Sexism, Racism, and Misogyny

inarticulateblog's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Antisemitism, Misogyny, and Sexism

Minor: Racism