A review by michael_benavidez
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

5.0

Audiobook review*

This is such an interesting book. While there's plot and characters, a good portion of it can be deemed philosophical debates. The idea of purity and the tainting of that, true love and it's existence, the ability to change who you are or may have become. These are all things that the three main characters (Basil, Henry, and of course Dorian) have amongst each other and to themselves.
One of the interesting bits I noticed was that the book starts off with Basil's point of view, then to Dorian's, but we never get Henry's. I don't know if that's good or bad. Would getting his perspective lessen the role he was made to play (as that push for Dorian to taint himself) or would it just magnify what a total piece of shit he is. Curious.
This really is a tragedy of a story, taking us through events that build on the other, making this all too perfect Dorian an complete wreck of a human being.
I really did enjoy this story, even had a co worker who was invested in it get mad at me for finishing it without them. I may revisit this in book form, see if it holds up as it did with the narrator.