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Heather McLarry14w ago
Had to check and make sure there were no zombies in my house multiple times because I kept binge reading this late at night. BIGGGGGG The last of us vibes
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4.8
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CJReads46w ago
At the end of Chapter 19 Lord Henry says, “Art has no influence upon action. It annihilates the desire to act. It is superbly sterile. The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.” Now I have to say that I loathe Lord Henry. I think he was incredibly obnoxious and uptight. But he had some gems and this was the best of them. I think this quote will be relevant throughout the whole review. Oscar Wilde. You mad man. What a book. Classics are not just old. They are pieces of literature that have consistently stayed relevant since their inception, and have been important throughout multiple eras. Humanity has changed A LOT since Wilde was alive. But his book is still just as relevant as it was in the late 19th century. The pursuit of beauty. This is one of the key points throughout the book. And it is even more important today. We are so obsessed with our phones, our social media. We have ruined our perception of ourselves because we compare to others. We are all beautiful. We were not meant to compare to models. We were not meant to be viewed on such a global scale. And Wilde reminds us that this pursuit of beauty is one thing. Superficial. Beauty does not matter. To be cringe, it’s the beauty inside you that truly matters. Being a good person, being kind, funny, loving these are all what beauty is. Not posing for the perfect picture in the mirror to post on your story, or putting the right filter on your TikTok so your eyes pop. We only chase beauty because it is an outside force. That the world is telling us that we need to lose weight. Fashion trends say that we need to wear big shoes because that’s what’s attractive right now. We all care about these things. Hell I’m writing this and I care about my appearance too, I’d be hypocrite if I said I wasn’t. But if the world wasn’t the way that it is, we wouldn’t care about this. Oog did not care that his beard was unkempt. Grug did not care that his neighbors spear was sharper. Our ancestors just lived. They’d see their reflection in a pond maybe a few times. I saw once that someone said that the worlds most evil invention was the mirror. We were not meant to ponder upon our looks. We shouldn’t have to ponder upon our looks. But we do. And to bring it around this is what Dorian is obsessed with. Beauty. That he is the most beautiful human ever and that his eternal youth will allow him to charm generations. That he can do anything. The way these characters speak of his looks. I was obsessed. But damn he was still a miserable person. He was self obsessed. He couldn’t get enough of himself. Yes in ways he was an exaggeration, but I think at his core he wasn’t. He was a man corrupted by his own beauty. Corrupted by the glowing opinions of others. Corrupted because he felt he was greater than others because why? Because he had a great hairline and nice lips? Doesn’t that sound stupid? Because it’s all vanity. It’s all pointless. Now we get to my favorite parts of the book. Yeah that wasn’t even the best the book had to offer in my opinion. And we circle back to the quote at the beginning. Oscar Wilde was most likely queer. He did not have the terms and definitions that we had today, but his sexuality seemed to be, to not put a label on him, up in the air. This 100% comes through in his work and it’s beautiful. The way that this man describes attraction, love, infatuation, between men and women, women and men, men and men. It makes my soul happy. The way that Basil discusses Dorian. “He is all my art to me now.” And that’s chapter 1. The pining, the yearning, it’s something special. And it’s all written in the most beautiful way. Wilde’s prose is a force. It is true beauty in writing. It is art. It is some of the best I’ve ever read. Maybe the best. He is able to show all the sides of humanity through an equally beautiful light. Nowadays his writing is beautiful, but in his day? It was controversial. Because what do you mean a man in the 1890s has released a book that clearly states two men being romantically involved. What do you mean this book rescinds the church and it’s teachings. That it speaks against the government. All of this was detested at the time. It was against God. It was demonic. But THATS why this book is a classic. This book was a rebellion. It was Oscar Wilde standing at the edge of a cliff. He was swaddled in chains and being dragged down to the abyss. But he withheld and screamed to the world. “I’m here.” “I’m valid.” “I exist.” It didn’t matter how many metaphoric chains weighed down Oscar Wilde. He still wrote this damn book. His sexuality possibly led to his demise. But that did not matter. He still wrote this. He wrote a stain on his world that has now helped others in our modern world. And I’m sure it helped out loads of people that were so far hidden in their own mind in his day. We have made progress, but this book is still a subtle rebellion against the system. It is still a massive middle finger to those that hate. And this is my favorite part of the book. Maybe I’m a romantic, maybe because this is personally what I love to see in writing. But reading a classic, one of the most beautifully written books ever, that speaks about queer people? Yes. I need it. Inject it into my veins. If I had to compare this to something I’ve already read it would be the secret history. How the characters all kinda suck, how the story is absolutely wild, but yet how fascinating it is. I could not put this book down. I read a classic quickly. That’s unheard of for me. Because Wilde just did that good of a job. I know that my words will possibly fall flat, because how can you write a review on a book that has been reviewed since 1890. But I think that quote I mentioned is exactly why I wanted to write this review. Because I am one more voice screaming at the world to read this book. To maybe teach one lost soul that Basil Hallward saying that Dorian Gray is the finest man he’s ever seen won’t make people gay. That Lord Henry being an asshole towards women is going to make people sexist. This book is a testament that literature matters. Literature does not change you. It opens your eyes to a new view. It makes you feel seen. Basils infatuation with Dorian didn’t turn your kid gay, it made your kid realize that being gay was normal, and that other men felt infatuated by men. I don’t know if I’m losing the plot here or not, I have a lot to say on this book and I’m writing this directly after I finished. Maybe I should’ve meditated on this more but I try and write my reviews immediately. I want my emotions to be raw and unfiltered. What I’m trying to say is that this book is still relevant. And that’s it’s relevant for a reason. This book is still talked about today, because it could be released in 2025 and it would fit in with modern day literature in a lot of ways. Because Oscar Wilde was special. So thank you Oscar for being an icon and writing this gay ass book. I hope you are somewhere safe where your love can be untainted by the world.
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One Dark Window cover
4.5
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BlueWaterLily💙🦋41w ago
4.5 🌟 I read this with my book club. This was just so beautiful. This is one of the most unique fantasy books I've read in a long time and it is rendered just so perfectly. It has an interesting concept that is well thought out, the world-building was immersive and unique. The magic system was so interesting and different. I love how atmospheric and beautifully written this book was. I really struggle to visualise when I'm reading (a great trait for a reader I know) but I was completely immersed in the setting and I could see all the locations so vividly in my mind. I picked out some interesting quotes too. However, there were a few things that ruined my enjoyment of the book and stopped it from being the full 5 🌟. One of the main things was I just wasn't attached at all to the characters. I was still rooting for them and thought their character development was interesting, but I felt very disconnected from the characters until the last quarter of the book. It's extremely important to me that I care and am attached to characters while I'm reading and unfortunately that didn't happen here. I thought the romance was fine but not particularly memorable. The pacing was very uneven and painfully slow at times. It took until well over the halfway point for the plot to start picking up and the major 'twist' in the story I thought was pretty obvious. Overall, despite the issues I had, I really enjoyed this book. I can see why it's so popular and I would recommend it. I will be finishing the duology.
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5.0
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Emma21w ago
Although it took me what feels like an age to devour, it was worth savouring every single word within. Empire of the vampire is 10/10, a book of the year kind of tale. I wouldn't categorise it as Fantasy? It belongs in its own category of vampire religious sporror. Smoosh a Ballad about a Crusade long past with Baldurs Gate 3, the Witcher and Vampire: The Masquerade and you have something barely resembling the beauty of this tale. No word is wasted (which look at the fricken page count 😂). The world building is lush, it's grim and rough hewn but fleshed out to feel believably possible. The characters are each their own very layered tokens. Word to the wise though, you will mourn...it's unavoidable in a war. The lore -- on my knees I would beg to read a whole novel, just about the lore of this world. Great Redeemer what I wouldn't give to skim my eyes upon that tome 😂😂. If this is on your TBR, and the legions of people before me who reviewed this didn't convince you but somehow I have. I beg of thee to read it in the coming dead of winter. That cold harsh front your about to face will deepen the ambience of this novel. Savour it as well. Don't skim read this one.
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