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broccoli_mmm 's review for:
The Picture of Dorian Gray
by Oscar Wilde
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Wow wow wow.
Sometimes a piece of art just finds you at exactly the right time in your life. I had no idea what to expect going into this besides the queer subtext but wowww.
The idea of life itself as a form of art is brilliant and beautiful. Dorian’s complete misapplication of that principle is both fascinating and horrifying. Lord Henry is both clever and right and wicked and wrong. There is no room for absolute truth here.
The dialogue is insanely good, the only books ive read that come close are Austen’s. Every Basil and Dorian scene had me floored. sweet Basil </3
I want to read lines from this over and over and over again.
-0.25 because of the chapter listing every gemstone, tapestry, and instrument Dorian owned lol
Sometimes a piece of art just finds you at exactly the right time in your life. I had no idea what to expect going into this besides the queer subtext but wowww.
The idea of life itself as a form of art is brilliant and beautiful. Dorian’s complete misapplication of that principle is both fascinating and horrifying. Lord Henry is both clever and right and wicked and wrong. There is no room for absolute truth here.
The dialogue is insanely good, the only books ive read that come close are Austen’s. Every Basil and Dorian scene had me floored. sweet Basil </3
I want to read lines from this over and over and over again.
-0.25 because of the chapter listing every gemstone, tapestry, and instrument Dorian owned lol
Content Warnings
Graphic: Murder
Moderate: Death, Drug use, Suicide, Violence, Classism
Minor: Gun violence