A review by junyan
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

3.0

I have mixed feelings for this book. I hate how male authors portray female characters, and this one is no exception. But I love the concepts and gothic vibe. When we put on the young and beautiful social mask, we lost piece of ourselves and get farther away from nature day by day. We are so afraid of getting old naturally and that's quite pathetic. However, Wilde seems to connect wrinkles and being old and ugly to immorality according to the gradual change of the picture, to which I disagree.