The Uncensored Picture of Dorian Gray

oh god where to start. i can definitely say that the book was a lot better than the film. i felt the film more homoerotic, and more focusing on dorian's sins rather than dorian's madness. the book talks of beauty and we see a lot of concepts from harry. i think the homoeroticism is definitely still present in the book with the relationship of basil and dorian, and perhaps dorian and alan. basil worshipped him until his death. harry is a more complex character. when i say complex i mean he gets on my fucking nerves. team basil !!!!! the book is absolutely eerie and amazing to read as you sort of fall into this madness WITH dorian. you see how he is changed by harry's ideas, and how harry and basil are contrasted like angel and devil. basil pulls him to the surface whereas harry drowns him. eventually, dorian becomes overcome by the guilt of the murder, i suppose, among other things. he realises that eternal beauty and the boyishness of youth isn't something that he needed, anymore. this book focuses on vanity and how some, like dorian, take it for granted. it shows how one would do anything to stay looking youthful.