Reviews tagging 'Grief'

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

32 reviews

hannahlouise_'s review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

5.0

i absolutely adore the way that oscar wilde writes. one of the best novels i’ve read 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Murder, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Violence, Blood, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Infidelity, Classism, Adult/minor relationship, and Body horror

madinhoa's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Blood, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gore, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Murder, and Stalking

rory_john14's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexism, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Blood, Addiction, Antisemitism, Classism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Stalking, Mental illness, Religious bigotry, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Homophobia, and Infidelity

Minor: Confinement, Alcoholism, Racism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, and Grief

century's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

Graphic: Body horror, Drug use, Gore, Blood, Grief, Murder, Suicide, Classism, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, and Violence

ambdocksey22's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense fast-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

4.5

The only reason I am not giving this book 5 stars is because of the racially insensitive language throughout the book. I understand the time that it was written but I hated reading through every passage that contained a slur or some kind of racial hatred. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Antisemitism, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Dysphoria, Gaslighting, Gore, Gun violence, Grief, Infidelity, Misogyny, Murder, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

its_van_vulpen's review against another edition

challenging 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Violence

Moderate: Antisemitism and Suicide

seawarrior's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

4.0

While some passages in this book were terribly dull to me, Wilde's dazzling language and audacious characters kept drawing my interest back in. I'm fortunate to have just read the works of a few of the philosophers referenced in this book for college, though I'm sure there were several references to other works of literature and ethics systems that went over my head. The edition of the book I had access to did not provide citations of other works Wilde referenced, but I imagine one that did would have only made my reading experience richer. 

I'm sure that most of what I can say about this book in regards to its philosophy and history has already been said by someone more knowledgeable that me, so I won't go into my thoughts on those matters. As a horror story I think it still holds up well in the modern day. Dorian's descent into soullessness grows more chilling by the chapter, as his sins culminate and lead to his ultimate end. Wilde's wit and descriptive language made the scenery and characters come alive, and as the book went on I felt it less challenging to make sense of his dense paragraphs and philosophies. I would recommend this book to other readers. It remains a classic not only for Wilde's adept writing, but the controversy it caused at the time of publication. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Death, Misogyny, Murder, Suicide, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Antisemitism, Violence, Racism, Racial slurs, Infidelity, Gun violence, Grief, Drug use, Animal death, Adult/minor relationship, and Addiction

rebeccaxpaige's review against another edition

dark tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Blood, Death, Violence, Outing, Murder, Grief, and Gaslighting

maddy_s'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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Homophobia, and Murder

Moderate: Blood, Misogyny, Suicide, Grief, and Death

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Outing, Racial slurs, Infidelity, and Gun violence

rmlsxb's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

i got attached to basil and

actually sobbed when he died LMFAOOO

and if one more person says that Ben Barnes was perfect for the role of Dorian i will commit a felony

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Murder, Racism, Sexism, Suicide, and Violence

Moderate: Ableism, Antisemitism, Blood, Gore, Grief, Medical content, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Minor: Abandonment, Antisemitism, Blood, Death of parent, and Emotional abuse