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elizlizabeth 's review for:
The Picture of Dorian Gray
by Oscar Wilde
dark
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Exquisitely written, my only critique being maybe the abrupt ending and those five to ten pages of Wilde reading a catalog of fabrics, furniture and artifacts from 1880 to illustrate that Dorian is vain. Also warning: you might get the urge to fling yourself into a chair to express emotion.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Drug use, Racial slurs, Suicide, Blood, Classism
Minor: Pedophilia
Period typical racial slurs and exoticism. Read with several grains of salt.
Also idk if it was just me knowing Wilde's backstory but the idealization of "childlike" youth/beauty kept rubbing me the wrong way.