Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

618 reviews

missmarguerita's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

5.0

Utterly terrifying, fabulous ending. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Body horror, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Sexism, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Colonisation, and Classism

archiveofrasa's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

4.75

it's a classic what else can I say

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, and Murder

Moderate: Misogyny, Sexism, and Antisemitism

Minor: Drug use and Racism

almaprincess66's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

Mostmár biztosan tudni fogom az utalásokat amiket erre a könyvre tesznek.

Újonnan, ez egy olyan klasszikus mű, mely saját szerepet tölt be a pop-kultúrában, s így a róla szóló információimból teljesen másra számítottam.

Most elkezdhetnék filozofálni, de az szegény Basil kárára menne. Nem kellett volna meghalnia. Szegény szerelmi tragédia.

Dorian a könyv vége felé már szinte teljesen szerethetetlen lett és ezt a narratíva nagyon jól csinálta.

Henry. Henry. Henry. Mit mondjak rólad? A karakteredet imádom de a nézeteidet sokkal kevésbé. The egy borzalmas ember vagy, egy paradoxon gép de legalább te és a környezeted is tudja.

És akkor drága egyetlen Sibyl. Te ártatlan gyermek. Neked se  kellett volna meghalnod. 

Mindenki aki jó úton járt és jól cselekedett meghalt! (Kivéve Dorian-t mert ő csak hiún cselekedett)

Nem tudom ez az üzenet mit akar átadni, talán azt, hogy a szerelem tragédia és minden jó elnyeri méltó büntetését a végén.

A festmény mint metafora nagyon tetszett. Főleg, hogy rájátszott a metaforára és beleépítette a történetbe. Hogy a történet egy meghatározó eleme egy ennyire elénk helyezett metafora volt.

Összeségében remek mű, vicces, tragikus, frappáns és száz százalékik megértem miért vitték az írót miatta bíróság elé.

R.I.P. Basil Hallward, te és Nick Carraway nagyon jó barátok lettetek volna!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Suicide, and Murder

Moderate: Xenophobia and Antisemitism

Minor: Addiction

infernosballad's review against another edition

dark reflective tense fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide and Murder

Moderate: Misogyny, Sexism, and Antisemitism

wolfst4r's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexism, Suicide, and Murder

Moderate: Racism

amare_'s review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

if anyone wants to get into classics, this is the best book to start with. its quite easy to read with great writing, kept me hooked all the way through. honestly the best book I've ever read!!!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Mental illness, and Suicide

Minor: Blood

hdkroon's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

4.25

everyone is terrible, chapter 11 almost killed me

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Suicide, Antisemitism, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Classism

cdkm9's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny

Moderate: Murder and Classism

Minor: Suicide

sortasamm's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious slow-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

5.0

I didn't read the tags on this book going into it, so I didn't know it was a horror book! The main horror event was quite unexpected but I had a really great time reading it. Wilde's writing is quite flowery at some points, both in a good way and a bad way, but I thoroughly enjoyed reading The Picture of Dorian Gray, and it makes me want to read more classics.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Suicide

tayaingrid's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexism, Suicide, Antisemitism, Murder, and Toxic friendship