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

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

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.

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. 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.

One of my biggest frustrations with modern looks at this book is how they all interpret him as having *dark* hair and *dark* 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 *looks* angelic but behaves badly is apparently a bridge too far.

Great review! I read it about a year ago and I instantly loved Wilde’s way of writing due to his wit. I agree with pretty much everything you brought up, especially getting bored (for me, gradually) sometime after the middle of the book. Idk it just dragged after a while and i feel like the story and the points he was trying to make could’ve been perfectly told in a more concise way🤷🏾‍♀. That’s why after i got bored, i stopped reading but i dont feel like i missed out by doing that! Plus i’ve read up on it and looked up how it ends so im not out of the loop lol. Have you read or considered reading My Dark Vanessa by kate elizabeth russell? Total recommend!

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's such an amazing story, though I get why some people don't enjoy it. But the language is so lush, and the story is actually very raw.

I really enjoyed this video so I’ve subscribed. It’s weird, I agreed with almost everything you said and said the same stuff to my husband, especially about chapter 11 and Lord Henry a.k.a. Oscar Wilde 😂 However, I enjoyed the book more after chapter 11. I feel like it felt darker and more gothic after that point, when before it was a lot of pretentiousness! I’m a bit unsure what I thought overall, I might have to reread in future.

I think i had about 80 pages left of this book and had to dnf it, it was being beyond boring. I've read over 50 books since then had never dnfed anything ever again..

I tried reading this book a year ago and I plan on finishing cus I love the concept and the movie but I was reading lord Henry talk to his uncle about high society boredom etc and I literally yelled at the book “ get a job !” Ugh I had the same problem with newts emerald by Garth Nix I think I just hate high society lol

I want spoilers 😂 Love your book reviews!

This is a great review

The voicing at the beginning is sooo good.

I really enjoyed it! Thanks for the good review.

9:45 I completely agree

That’s fair