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A review by books_by_tm
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
dark
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
The part were it moves from telling how he changes as a consequence of the influence from LH, where it tells us about some 12+ years it becomes very tedious and boring because it is already highly philosophical and LH speaks nonsense in a way that makes you think because you are trying to wrap your mind around the true meaning behind his assertions. He is a contemptible character and DG is abhorrent. BH is insufferably annoying and what happens to him makes it hard to sympathise with him.
This book has dark themes in that it talks about a story where someone gets away with bringing harm to others without suffering any real worldly consequences, they are all in his head since he thinks about and 'feels' remorse for them when he wants to. DG is a cruel person and it is his own choices that bring him down in the end, choices made to protect himself always. Since the whole story is about something mystical that cannot happen in real life, I guess justice was served mystically.
I believe it is not appropriate to have black kids be forced to read a book such as this and I find that it has complex things that even I battled to understand or follow. Also, it denigrates artistic expressions of the other races while exalting those of the races that are considered superior in the world as we know it. Ergo, it has racism triggers.
This book has dark themes in that it talks about a story where someone gets away with bringing harm to others without suffering any real worldly consequences, they are all in his head since he thinks about and 'feels' remorse for them when he wants to. DG is a cruel person and it is his own choices that bring him down in the end, choices made to protect himself always. Since the whole story is about something mystical that cannot happen in real life, I guess justice was served mystically.
I believe it is not appropriate to have black kids be forced to read a book such as this and I find that it has complex things that even I battled to understand or follow. Also, it denigrates artistic expressions of the other races while exalting those of the races that are considered superior in the world as we know it. Ergo, it has racism triggers.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Drug abuse