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The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

41 reviews

cinthiaurora's review against another edition

dark 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

4.75

The real tragedy of The Picture of Dorian Gray is actually that the most boring character (Lord Henry) speaks throughout most of it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Toxic friendship, Classism, and Murder

Moderate: Antisemitism, Sexism, and Violence

Minor: Infidelity, Suicide, Drug use, Gaslighting, Gun violence, and Stalking

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

florecita_lectora's review against another edition

dark 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Classism, and Misogyny

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Suicide, and Gore

perleerose's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.25

A true masterclass in the plot twist in my opinion with thinly veiled gay undertones for good measure

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Blood, Drug use, Death, and Violence

Minor: Sexism, Suicide, and Gaslighting

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

michaelion's review against another edition

challenging medium-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

1.25

Yawn. Boring story with nonsensical characters and ridiculous plot. If you can even call it a plot. I've read enough philosophy to know I don't like this brand of uppity white people, so call me biased, but there's nothing there. There's no there there. It's empty and hollow and- Honestly makes sense why this would be considered classic literature. There's just no flavor. A pinchings of elements in the story were almost kinda cool, but overall it was a tough read even without the time period-language barrier. (I don't know what else to call it.)

And this book is not queer at all! Whoever tagged it as such lied!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Toxic friendship, and Misogyny

Moderate: Antisemitism, Violence, Gaslighting, Murder, and Racism

Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, and Suicide

ggcd1981'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

5.0

O Retrato de Dorian Gray (The Picture of Dorian Gray) por muito tempo foi um arrependimento meu da época da Universidade. Durante uma disciplina da graduação um dos livros indicados para leitura foi O Retrato de Dorian Gray, só que não o li e não sei realmente o porquê disso. Então no ano de 2021 decidi que iria corrigir essa falha e assim o fiz. Não deveria me surpreender, mas aconteceu mesmo assim, com a qualidade da escrita de Oscar Wilde. No primeiro capítulo já me encontrei embasbacada pelos diálogos, pela beleza e inteligência das frases escritas por Wilde. É uma pena que não tenho uma cópia física do livro (ouvi a versão em audiobook narrada por Russell Tovey) para poder citar algumas dessas frases elaboradas de forma brilhante. Escrevo este review em Janeiro de 2022 então posso dizer com propriedade que este foi o livro mais bem escrito que li em 2021. Os personagens foram fascinantes, o cenário bastante atmosférico e durante toda obra se tem o sentimento de tragédia iminente. Destaco todos os diálogos em que Lord Henry esteve envolvido. Henry era o agente de corrupção da narrativa e era tão hábil com as palavras que ele deturpava ideias e princípios de forma “melodiosa”. O Retrato de Dorian Gray é tão bem escrito que é mais fácil apontar os poucos pontos negativos que citar tudo que foi brilhante na obra. Esses pontos negativos foram poucos, o primeiro deles foi a Misoginia presente no texto, mas isso é esperado de uma obra escrita em 1890 sobre personagens de moral questionável; o segundo e último ponto negativo é o capítulo em que a coleção de belos itens que Dorian colecionou é detalhada, acredito que é o capítulo 11 (mas não tenho certeza). Se fala nesse capítulo sobre as paixões e interesses de Dorian ao longo dos anos e os itens que por esses interesses coletou. A descrição da coleção foi longa e detalhada, e sim passa a ideia do materialismo e paixão pelo “Belo” e pelas “Sensações” que vieram a caracterizar Dorian, mas a leitura demorada das descrições de objetos que quase durou o capítulo inteiro foi bem maçante. 

A obra teve diálogos fantásticos sobre beleza, paixões, arte e morais. O livro faz você pensar e, apesar de discordar de Lord Henry e Dorian em quase todas suas opiniões sobre os tópicos citados, consegui entender a lógica que guiava seus argumentos. O Retrato de Dorian Gray ainda me deixou com a questão de que a corrupção de Dorian, e este mesmo como agente de corrupção de outros jovens, esteve em foco durante todo o livro, mas o que dizer sobre Lord Henry que foi o gatilho e principal influência na corrupção do personagem principal? O personagem Lord Henry era em si mais corrupto que o próprio Dorian, porem parecia ser um voyeur que apreciava mais assistir ao processo de corrupção do que realizar ele mesmo atos condenados pelo seu meio. Teria sido fantástico ter lido este livro junto com outra pessoa pois existe muito material para discussão. Isso não foi possível, mas mesmo assim o livro me entreteve bastante e me fez pensar. Assim só posso dar 5 estrelas para esse livro que é merecidamente um clássico consagrado.     

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Misogyny, Classism, Death, Emotional abuse, and Murder

Moderate: Suicide, Stalking, and Drug abuse

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

fomko's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense 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

5.0

Beautifully written. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Rape, Homophobia, Violence, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Sexism, Misogyny, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Death, Cultural appropriation, and Classism

ryleehmln's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Death, Gaslighting, Xenophobia, Sexism, and Misogyny

Minor: Suicide and Stalking