Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

41 reviews

irlchaosdemon's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective 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

I’m gonna be honest, I only read this because I heard that it was gay 

I do not have the mental energy rn to write an actual review, so this is all you get :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Sexism, Death, Gaslighting, and Racism

rebeccaxpaige's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Blood, Death, Violence, Outing, Murder, Grief, and Gaslighting

safety_pin's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Self harm, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Alcohol, Gaslighting, and Violence

michayla13's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Antisemitism, Blood, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Xenophobia, Violence, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Sexism, and Misogyny

Moderate: Death of parent, Drug use, and Drug abuse

Minor: Racial slurs

ardentlyelle's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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

3.75

My first “classic” read in a while and definitely my last for a while. I was familiar with the story even though this was my first read, and it was still enjoyable, once you got over the race/sex/antisemit-isms

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Antisemitism, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Religious bigotry, and Sexism

Minor: Drug use

bird_song's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Suicide, Death, Gaslighting, and Misogyny

Minor: Antisemitism

rmlsxb's review against another edition

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

i got attached to basil and

actually sobbed when he died LMFAOOO

and if one more person says that Ben Barnes was perfect for the role of Dorian i will commit a felony

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Murder, Racism, Sexism, Suicide, and Violence

Moderate: Ableism, Antisemitism, Blood, Gore, Grief, Medical content, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Minor: Abandonment, Antisemitism, Blood, Death of parent, and Emotional abuse

fbzcab's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Dysphoria, Gaslighting, Murder, and Toxic friendship

kathleenivy's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Suicide, and Violence

Moderate: Addiction, Body horror, Bullying, Death, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Stalking, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Violence

carolinacortez's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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

5.0

"He grew more and more enamoured of his own beauty, more and nore interested in the corruption of his own soul"

"wondering sometimes which were the more horrible, the signs of sin or the singns of age"

• relectura 2023

Y en realidad, todo el libro le parecía contener la historia de su propia vida, escrita antes de que hubiera vivido.

Después de varios años en que no leí a dorian, finalmente me di el tiempo y hoy shit, es mucho mejor de lo que recordaba jajaja, por eso sigue siendo el clásico superior y el dark acedemia og. 
La manera en la que WIlde se burlaba de las clases superior es uff chef kiss, la verdad es que tengo mucho pero poco que decir, cuando se trata de mis libros favs mi mente siempre me dice mm no se como expresarlo, solo que quede como registro que me gusta mucho más que las veces anteriores que lo lei, y pude notar cosas que había pasado por alto (todas las referencias hoosexuales de Brasil hacia Dorian).

En sus tratos con el hombre, el Destino nunca cancelaba sus cuentas.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Antisemitism, and Addiction

Moderate: Body horror, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Religious bigotry, Racism, Blood, Emotional abuse, and Death

Minor: Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Torture