Reviews

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

reemthememe's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

mrm4games's review against another edition

Started to feel like a slog. A lot of needless introspection without any furthering of the plot.

whatjillianisreading's review against another edition

4.0

this book is beautifully written and it gives a lesson. i feel that my take away from this book is the opposite of wottons beliefs. everything he said makes you think and find your opinion on things your mind has not yet considered. the ending was fitting. i feel that the middle was slow and the book too vague ( per the time and acts dorian commit) so i docked a star. beauty being out on a pedestal corrupts the soul. if mark 8:36 was a book.

christilee_'s review against another edition

4.0

Starts slow but still very very good!

hunya's review against another edition

5.0

احا

arandanitosp's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

janagaton's review against another edition

3.0

it was a 5 until chapter 11 & it lost me all the way til the end with the exception of the parts involving death lmao

mayastpierre'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? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

lord henry needs to stfu

billiamdyemyhair's review against another edition

4.0

Really quite excellent but to me somewhat disappointing. I was expecting this to be light, funny Wilde (there’s some of this) and instead this is a lot of philosophy and horror. It’s amazing, very interesting, sometimes funny, and very quotable but I feel like it also can be long winded. Oscar Wilde has his own character to commentate over the novel and he never seems to shut up (not even a bad thing all the time just annoying when it goes on for pages)

ps55's review against another edition

dark slow-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