41.2k reviews for:

O Retrato de Dorian Gray

Oscar Wilde

4.08 AVERAGE

worthyshock's review against another edition

4.25

challenging dark reflective medium-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

kittehloaf's review against another edition

5.0

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Yay! I finally got around to reading this book after having many people tell me FOR YEARS that I would fall in love with the story and they were right!!! What an engaging read! I wish I read this sooner!

ericbuscemi's review against another edition

3.0

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This may be the best book I've ever read that did not have a single character in it that I liked a damn bit. That's a hell of a feat to pull off, and one that I hope I never have to experience again.

However, Oscar Wilde's writing makes up for some of this with a series of incredible quotes, such as these two unrelated gems:

People are very fond of giving away what they need most themselves. It is what I call the depth of generosity.

My dear boy, no woman is a genius. Women are a decorative sex. They never have anything to say, but they say it charmingly. Women represent the triumph of matter over mind, just as men represent the triumph of mind over morals.

niamh_carey1's review against another edition

3.5

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

laticauda's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional

klara_lovelace's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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

flokat's review against another edition

3.75

challenging mysterious reflective tense medium-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

krillrph's review against another edition

3.5

mysterious 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

violettheviolent's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark emotional medium-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

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Oh, Dorian, what a terrible person you are. 

oanaseb's review against another edition

3.0

dark reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Deeply unlikeable characters but interesting introspection