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Portrait of Dorian Gray: The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde (Reader's Choice Edition) by Oscar Wilde

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katie0528's review against another edition

dark reflective slow-paced

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

3.0

This is such a famous classic I wanted to read it. For me, I think it being so iconic was it's downfall. The premise is exactly what everyone already knows. That is actually very little of the plot, with the rest of the book containing of Dorian Gray's friend and initial corruptor philosophizing about his personal cynical brand of hedonism that causes and conrinaully exacerbates Dorian's fall. However, it gets quite exhausting, especially since everyone is quite horrible.

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char_a_lot_te's review against another edition

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challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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

3.75

the unabridged audiobook was 8 hours long but it felt much, much longer than that. it was really boring in certain places and then picks up in others. i can see why its a classic, its very ahead of its time for a book written in the 19th century, but perhaps youd be better off finding a more succinct version.

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timmytunter's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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emmie345's review against another edition

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medium-paced

Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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dawidgelert's review against another edition

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dark emotional inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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lucy_fabulous's review against another edition

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challenging dark funny mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

4.5

It’s a great book. Fascinating plot, pokes fun at society (who doesn’t want that?!), funny at points, and really thought provoking. My only issue is that there is quite a lot of filler, slowing it down a fair bit. This can make it a bit challenging, but I’d say it’s worth a read.

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komiification's review against another edition

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challenging 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

4.5

This is one of the first classic books I've read in a while, so some of the writing went over my head. BUT I would still highly recommend it for beginners of classics, beautiful prose and a attention-grabbing plot. Could see this being 5 stars on a re-read or studying up a detailed analysis on it.

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jess_garner's review against another edition

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dark mysterious reflective slow-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

4.0

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rammy's review against another edition

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challenging dark informative reflective slow-paced

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

4.25

Quite good. Quite gay.

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crock_potiii's review against another edition

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dark mysterious reflective 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

4.25

Despite being so short and one chapter being particularly boring (just one, literally) it was a fantastic read. It really was a point A to point B book about people being people. I could compare it to Bojack Horseman or the Great Gatsby with how characters are presented. No one is perfect, far from it. And the MC, Dorian goes through this... character decay. Instead of character growth where he become someone better, strangers, and beautiful on the inside or whatever, he goes through such a harsh corruption it's insane when looking back.

TLDR; All I really got say is: if I was in a room with Dorian and Henry and had a gun with two bullets in it, I'd shoot Henry twice.

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