For the most part we all really
liked the book. We all agreed the middle of the book began to drag and felt
very unnecessary. We didn’t think it was fair we had to suffer along with
Dorian during that phase of his life. Another thing that we wished the book
gave us was more thorough descriptions of the characters background and why
they are the way they were in the book. Despite the great descriptions and
detail there wasn’t much detail about the main characters. Overall, this book
was enjoyable and the ending made up for the excess detail in the middle.
What we liked:
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The complexity and absurdity of Lord Henry intrigued us
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The set-up of the beginning of the book had many of us hooked
and wanting to read on
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The ending happened quickly and renewed our interest in the
book after the dull middle portion of the book we had read
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The story was very interesting and different and made this a
good read
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The description in the book was very detailed and well
written
What we didn’t like:
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The
middle of the book with the description of jewels, tapestries, and so forth
lost our attention and many of us skimmed over that part
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Wilde
didn’t fully develop Basil, Lord Henry and Dorian. We wanted to know more background
about their lives and how they grew up
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Also,
Wilde glossed over eighteen years of Dorian’s life, so we don’t know what all
did happen or didn’t happen
