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shiqingxuanschild's review against another edition
dark
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
5.0
nekotin's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
3.75
roswall's review against another edition
4.0
A clever look at vanity, pleasure, sin, and how it shapes a human being. There are fascinating parallels between Dorian and Lord Henry's fates, ideaology, and our time with our dual identity via profiles on social media and how some of us tries to keep the surface forever young with the help of plastics and surgery.
"The elder man lay back and looked at him with half-closed eyes. “By the way, Dorian,” he said, after a pause, “‘what does it profit a man if he gain the whole world and lose’— how does the quotation run? —‘his own soul’?”"
"The elder man lay back and looked at him with half-closed eyes. “By the way, Dorian,” he said, after a pause, “‘what does it profit a man if he gain the whole world and lose’— how does the quotation run? —‘his own soul’?”"
gooberjk's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
amazing book with a haunting ending. dorian is one of the most interesting protagonists that i have ever seen.
taylasversion's review against another edition
slow-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
3.0
Oscar Wilde is a certified YAPPER.
This is a hard book to rate because I can appreciate it. It’s wonderfully written and a classic, but I found it so hard to read and decipher. To me there was just a lot of unnecessary babbling about stuff that (to me at least) added nothing to the story.
ellennewall's review against another edition
5.0
truly a beautiful book and a masterpiece in every single way. if you are interested in gothicism, aestheticism or romanticism, this is a must
louureadsbooks's review against another edition
3.0
I gave The Picture of Dorian Gray ⭐️⭐️⭐️.75 stars! This book was quite an interesting read. My interpretation of it was this: A young man who, once subjected to another man’s influence, is obsessed with the thought of beauty, sin, and the innermost corners of the soul. Who becomes frantic in his efforts of keeping others from seeing the darkest, sensual, and cruel parts of his soul and mind. Upon reading a book, he soon becomes engrossed with the characters and fantasises about them night and day (me too Dorian, me too