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4.08 AVERAGE
4.08 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
"¡Palabras! ¡Simples palabras! ¡Qué terribles son! ¡Qué claras y vivas y crueles! ¡Quién puede escapar de ellas! Y, sin embargo, que magia sutil hay en ellas. Parecen capaces de dar forma plástica a cosas informes y tener una música propia tan dulce como la del violín o la del laúd. ¡Simples palabras! Pero ¿hay algo tan real como las palabras?".
Uno de los clásicos de los que he leído recientemente que más me han gustado, tanto por su prosa, como por su contenido.
¿Qué más puedo decir? A veces me intimida bastante reseñar ciertas obras, y esta es una de ellas, así que simplemente diré que he disfrutado muchísimo de la lectura.
Uno de los clásicos de los que he leído recientemente que más me han gustado, tanto por su prosa, como por su contenido.
¿Qué más puedo decir? A veces me intimida bastante reseñar ciertas obras, y esta es una de ellas, así que simplemente diré que he disfrutado muchísimo de la lectura.
dark
emotional
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
funny
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
The version as Wilde had intended. Of course it is even better than the one published.
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
reflective
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
The only excuse for making a useless thing is that one admires it intensely.
All art is quite useless.
All art is quite useless.
morala poveștii: nu faceți un pact cu diavolul pentru tinerețe eternă
dark
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dunno what the heck was going on but phenomenal nonetheless
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I was stuck between 3-4 stars for this review!
“The life that was to make his soul would mar his body”
What a whirlwind of a reading journey I had reading this book…
I constantly had the thought of “just because it’s a classic, is it still okay to judge by contemporary standards?” The book indeed had many a quote where I had to pause and reflect. It’s amazing reflection on intellectual ideologies and gender stereotypes were unmatched and still today are prevalent. But again I had a lot of problems with the characters and way it was written.
Especially the random time skips??? 2pm: we sat in the library talking and suddenly after one cigarette we were late to go to the 8pm opera ?? Maybe cigarettes just worked differently in this age. (Perhaps the passing of time being so obscure was another factor of his sanity passing?? Idk maybe I overlooked it a little)
Overall the book shows how intelligence as a human factor is the only thing not fleeting from us. Intelligence in all his forms has to become more desirable than beauty. Perhaps even more relevant in today’s society also. It makes you think.
But time again this book withstands modernity and is always an interesting read!!
“The life that was to make his soul would mar his body”
What a whirlwind of a reading journey I had reading this book…
I constantly had the thought of “just because it’s a classic, is it still okay to judge by contemporary standards?” The book indeed had many a quote where I had to pause and reflect. It’s amazing reflection on intellectual ideologies and gender stereotypes were unmatched and still today are prevalent. But again I had a lot of problems with the characters and way it was written.
Especially the random time skips??? 2pm: we sat in the library talking and suddenly after one cigarette we were late to go to the 8pm opera ?? Maybe cigarettes just worked differently in this age. (Perhaps the passing of time being so obscure was another factor of his sanity passing?? Idk maybe I overlooked it a little)
Overall the book shows how intelligence as a human factor is the only thing not fleeting from us. Intelligence in all his forms has to become more desirable than beauty. Perhaps even more relevant in today’s society also. It makes you think.
But time again this book withstands modernity and is always an interesting read!!