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4.08 AVERAGE
4.08 AVERAGE
dark
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
To be sure, I was rather disturbed and shocked by this book, by Oscar Wilde writes brilliantly. Five stars because the author is a genius writer.
2.5
One for the idea
one because I liked the writing and it was easy to read
and a half star for the last 65 pages.
I preferred to read about what Dorian Gray did that made him such an a**hole and the portrait so hedious instead of what music instruments he had :| .
And I couldn't help myself screaming "Shut the hell up" in my head whenever Henry was talking.
One for the idea
one because I liked the writing and it was easy to read
and a half star for the last 65 pages.
I preferred to read about what Dorian Gray did that made him such an a**hole and the portrait so hedious instead of what music instruments he had :| .
And I couldn't help myself screaming "Shut the hell up" in my head whenever Henry was talking.
Este libro está perfectamente bien escrito, es exquisito. La trama es ingeniosa y el tema de fondo pertinente hasta nuestros días. Wilde nos muestra a través de unos diálogos magistrales y de un narrador omnisciente sus críticas a la sociedad de la época, nos adentra en conceptos filosóficos como la libertad, la belleza, el hedonismo, al amor, los prejuicios.
dark
emotional
mysterious
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
A classic story by an infamous storyteller. Absolutely worth reading for anyone who wants to not only read an interesting story, but learn how a master writer weaves his tale. Due to the time, as well as the author, the story's prose is ornate and decadent but well worth working through. Oscar is part of my pantheon of master writers next to Poe and Lovecraft.
dark
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Interesting watching Gray’s unraveling at the end. Definitely couldn’t help but to see Lord Henry as a devil figure. Interesting that Wilde was part of the aestheticism movement and vanity was Gray’s downfall.