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ardentlyelle's review against another edition
- 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
Moderate: Antisemitism, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Religious bigotry, and Sexism
Minor: Drug use
thea_rem's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
But what really threw me off a lot is how Wilde writes women. They are to be beautiful but dumb. An intelligent Woman is a rarity and can only be tolerated for a short amount of time. Woman live of emotions and exaggerate them, while men are creatures of the mind. If the books wasn’t so short I wouldn’t have finished it and if I hadn’t lend it from the library I would’ve thrown it against a wall.
Graphic: Antisemitism, Colonisation, Murder, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, and Toxic friendship
crying_again's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Antisemitism
Moderate: Blood, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, Sexism, and Racial slurs
Minor: Misogyny and Murder
adhdru's review against another edition
- 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
2.5
Some of Henry’s comments were darkly amusing and entertaining at first, but it got old pretty quickly. And Dorian’s only (mildly) remarkable feature was his long-lasting beauty for he remained as shallow and flat from beginning to end.
On top of that there’s some really misogynistic and racists bits that were really hard to read. I understand that we can’t possibly hold the books to the same standards of today, but I have read other books from the time (and even before) that fare way better.
In summary, the only positive thing about it was all the queer subtext (which gets this review that extra .5)
Graphic: Murder, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide
Moderate: Drug use
Minor: Misogyny, Racial slurs, and Racism
curatoriallyyours's review against another edition
- 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
3.5
Graphic: Death, Murder, and Suicide
Moderate: Addiction, Body shaming, Drug abuse, Sexism, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Addiction, Antisemitism, Death of parent, Drug use, Blood, Grief, Infidelity, Medical content, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Stalking, and Violence