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The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
3.5
challenging dark medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
The writing style is beautiful, extremely evocative. Unfortunately, so much of the depth and complexity and intention of the text was lost on me as it's written for a different audience, and conceals itself in a way that means a lot of the 'friend of Dorothy' type encodings are lost on me as a general, modern reader. I bet if I had the chance to study this text deeply for uni I'd adore it but at present it didn't really impact me deeply as I was too thrown by the extremely derogatory treatment of minorities across the story to pay enough heed to the artistic/sexuality deconstruction. 
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