The design and UX isn't done, Rob and Abbie, okkurrrr! 😌
grebegirl's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Body horror
katewhite77's review against another edition
- 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 can't remember a book that has surprised me so much with all its twists and turns. Elements of the super natural also appear.Â
This is my first time reading Wilde and it won't be last. There are so many famous quotes in this novel alone.Â
There are some racial slurs which are of their time. The internalised hemophobia drips off most pages but that is why it is such an important book to read now.
Graphic: Homophobia and Murder
Moderate: Antisemitism
Minor: Blood, Body horror, and Suicide
alyssapusateri's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Murder, Blood, Body horror, Death, and Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Addiction, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide, Drug use, Classism, Drug abuse, Misogyny, and Sexism
Minor: Infidelity and Antisemitism
wafer's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Antisemitism and Body horror
thequeercaseofmarius's review against another edition
- 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
4.75
‘Why is your friendship so fateful to young men?’Â
Our main cast of characters are so very gay, and it’s crazy because it’s almost like Wilde met my gay friends and acquaintances and wrote a book about us (I like to think that I am Basil). But I also see each character as a different side to the Queer experience; Basil being the Queer artist who represents the beauty and tenderness of love between men, Lord Henry as the witty sass Queen that gay men are often viewed as from the outside, and Dorian represents Queer fears and anxieties that most of us have experienced some point in our life. The result is one of the most ingenious Queer horror stories ever written.Â
‘Each man sees his own sin in Dorian Gray. What Dorian Gray’s sins are no one knows. He who finds them has brought them.’
-Oscar WildeÂ
Graphic: Alcohol, Violence, Body horror, Drug use, Murder, Addiction, Alcoholism, Blood, Drug abuse, and Death
Moderate: Racial slurs, Suicide, Antisemitism, Classism, and Racism
Minor: Misogyny and Sexism
This novel is VERY dark as it covers a lot of internalised homophobia and fear of your own Queerness.jessthanthree's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Murder and Violence
Moderate: Suicide, Toxic friendship, Blood, Death, Infidelity, and Misogyny
Minor: Alcohol, Child abuse, and Body horror
hauntedboi's review against another edition
- 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
3.5
Graphic: Toxic friendship, Blood, Death, and Murder
Moderate: Drug use, Gun violence, Alcohol, Antisemitism, Body horror, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicide
Minor: Classism, Cultural appropriation, Racism, Addiction, Infidelity, and Racial slurs
spineofthesaurus's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Body horror, Classism, Murder, Toxic friendship, Dysphoria, Blood, Suicide, Gaslighting, Drug use, Emotional abuse, and Alcohol
Moderate: Xenophobia, Ableism, Colonisation, Racism, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, and Gun violence
Minor: Fire/Fire injury
lavalierre's review against another edition
- 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
4.75
Graphic: Death
Moderate: Drug use, Murder, Body horror, and Antisemitism
hayleyvem's review against another edition
- 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
2.0
Graphic: Murder, Blood, Classism, Body horror, Gaslighting, Death, Grief, Misogyny, Suicide, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Medical content
Minor: Drug use, Drug abuse, and Self harm