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literarilyleslie

she/her ⋆.˚ fighting a reading slump 90% of the year but i persist 🧸

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Level 4Dia de los Muertos 2025
My Taste
Frankenstein
The Starless Sea
Hamnet
Blood Over Bright Haven
A Winter's Promise (The Mirror Visitor, #1)
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  • The Picture of Dorian Gray
    literarilyleslie
    Nov 04, 2025
    5.0
    Enjoyment: 4.5Quality: 5.0Characters: 4.5Plot: 4.5

    “behind every exquisite thing that existed, there was something tragic” yeah…. i can’t believe i took so long to read this. adding yet another book to my all time favorites list in the year of 2025.

    i wish i could intelligently discuss all the themes of this book bc there is just sooooo much to get into, but i will say, it was very interesting reading something that was written over a century ago in an age where this obsession with aesthetics and not “aging” is literally everywhere. time is truly a circle.

    this book had everything!! complex and compelling characters, fantasy, tragedy, debauchery and some of the most beautiful lines of literature i have ever read. also, dorian was one of the most delightfully dramatic men i’ve ever read about and i both love and hate him.

    now i need to read the uncensored version bc i need the gay undertones to be gay OVERtones

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