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Das Bildnis des Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

162 reviews

panaceaenthusiast's review against another edition

challenging mysterious reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Sexism

mindoftheraven's review against another edition

dark mysterious relaxing fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism

Minor: Death and Violence

pizzaisjesus98's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Damn near perfect

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Grief, Toxic friendship, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicide, Violence, Antisemitism, Murder, and Gaslighting

Minor: Animal death, Cursing, Drug use, Gun violence, Infidelity, Xenophobia, Blood, Alcohol, and Classism

bootsmom3's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Misogyny, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Drug use, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Antisemitism, Grief, Alcohol, and Dysphoria

calllmewes's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

i personally hate henry but the conversations he has with dorian bring a lot of questions to the table and that are interesting to dive into

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Murder

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexism, Violence, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

tkat211's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

"I didn't say I liked it Harry. I said it fascinated me. There is a great difference."

Interesting read. Amazingly poetic writing. 

(I WILL listen to anything Ben Barnes narrates)

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Gaslighting

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders and Suicidal thoughts

seforana's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

luxxltyd's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Sexism, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Grief

lightningmc_logyn's review against another edition

emotional reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

I read this in 3 days. It was amazing, absolutely insightful. The context of Oscar Wilde being imprisoned for homosexuality after writing this book adds a somber layer to the experience. 
It was very profound, and raw with discussions of human nature, and how it’s pushed and pulled within the lense of a Christianity based good vs. evil society. Wilde did something powerful here, presenting a fascinating argument for beauty and ugliness, power and weakness, and the shades of morality. I will think about this for the rest of my life. 
The older English was challenging for me at times, particularly as I started reading the book and as well as

in chapter 9, which I felt dragged on for too long. The intention I think was to articulate how much Dorian had abandoned all things but knowledge and sensation.

I definitely recommend people read the uncensored version. Seeing the book as it was originally written is magical. The textual introduction was interesting, but quite long and I primarily focused on the actual body of the novel. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Murder

Minor: Death, Suicide, and Antisemitism

Antisemitism:

There is a Jewish character that is depicted as a corrupt man. He runs the theatre Dorian attends, and the language is very antisemetic.

kreglow's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• 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

3.75

One of those books where I understand why it's a classic, but it just doesn't resonate with me. Mainly, the story would have been engaging if there was more focus on the plot rather than meandering and focusing on Wilde's philosophies. Honestly, this would have worked better as a stage play, something akin to Wilde's The Importance of Being Ernest.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Misogyny, Suicide, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Antisemitism, and Murder