The Picture of Dorian Gray Book Review (No Spoilers!!)

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  @RetaD4 · 2 years ago

  “These days we’ve got Botox but back then they had to make deals with demons and stuff” 😅😅😅

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• EM

  @emilyblake4424 · 1 year ago

  the picture of dorian gray is the most dramatic example of "twink death" i have ever experienced.

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• IM

  @imogen-lee · 1 year ago

  omg yes chapter 11 just dragged on so much I didn't even think I was reading the same book anymore!

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  @xxJETSETxx · 2 years ago

  One of my biggest frustrations with modern looks at this book is how they all interpret him as having <b>dark</b> hair and <b>dark</b> eyes. Wilde went out of his way to describe this man as blond and blue eyed, but even to this day, the idea of someone who <b>looks</b> angelic but behaves badly is apparently a bridge too far.

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• JZ

  @jz6566 · 2 years ago

  Thank you for bringing up chapter 11!!! What the hell was that?! I was losing the will to live, I enjoyed every thing afterwards only because it wasn’t chapter 11.

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• GR

  @GrubStLodger · 11 months ago (edited)

  Chapter 11 is a homage to the yellow book that is given to him. It&apos;s a book where a rich man creates an artificial world of beauty by surrounding himself with beautiful things and many of those things are listed.

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• LE

  @lestersantos1010 · 1 year ago

  My favorite part of this book is that everyone imagines the painting differently.

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• CA

  @calebshoemaker · 2 years ago

  Decadence and Luxury is a good way to describe that book. Dorian lives a life of luxury while his soul (and the painting) decay. It&apos;s such an amazing story, though I get why some people don&apos;t enjoy it. But the language is so lush, and the story is actually very raw.

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  @AtTheBaseOfBokTower · 1 year ago

  Read the book in my 20’s. Liked it enough to purchase the audiobook and listen to it countless times. Not a boring book but not largely memorable either. It’s the language the book is written in that kept me coming back.

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• MM

  @mmmoynihan · 2 years ago

  Totally agree that Oscar Wilde’s voice and witticisms are so prevalent in the story that it’s almost impossible to see anything else. I read it many years ago, and I remember Wilde’s quipping, but I honestly don’t remember anything much else. Probably says a lot about the rest of the book. <br><br>I reckon you’re wise to skip the review of The Halloween Party. I read it in anticipation because it was one of the the few books on the original list I hadn’t read. In fact it was the first Agatha Christie novel I’ve read. Didn’t love it. I understand she wrote it really late on in her career when she was getting on in years. It shows. There’s chunks of plot that are left completely unresolved and it has a very “hey you kids, get off my lawn!” tone to it. I’ll try something from her in her prime I think.

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• TH

  @Therealburritowithhotsauce · 7 months ago (edited)

  Witty, charming, and boring have been what I strive for; I obviously loved this book 😂

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• DI

  @dimi2291 · 4 months ago

  Just finished the book. Honestly the only review that was exactly in line with how I felt about it. Thanks for sharing.