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The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde- My take

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Just completed this book today, and I have a take on it. I had learned about Oscar Wilde’s sexual orientation and how he was suppressed in the Victorian era for having a homosexual relationship with his friend Lord Alfred Douglas. I know he suggested that Basil represents what he thinks he is, Dorian what he would like to be, and Lord Henry what society sees him as. However, I have a different interpretation.

I recently learned that Douglas’s mother was named Sibyl, which made me reconsider the parallels. To me, Dorian represents Douglas, Basil represents Wilde himself, constrained and unable to fully express his feelings, and Lord Henry represents someone Wilde aspires to be, embodying a more rational and uninhibited worldview. It is just my interpretation. I hope you enjoy the book.

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u/Looser17 — 43 minutes ago

Mini book haul

I usually read on my kindle tara nepali novels haru ko digital copy paunai garo hunxa even if I want to buy them. So I had to buy them physically. Which one should I start first?

u/Fun-Menu8300 — 1 day ago

I didn’t finish this book, it finished me.

I had read reviews and was aware about all the trigger warnings about this book but nothing could have prepared for the emotional toll this book had on me.

I finished this in two days, would have finished it sooner but i kept slamming the book shut and walking around my room because of how disturbed i was.

The writing is so hauntingly beautiful and gut wrenching, I cannot stop thinking about this book. The story is so heartbreaking and i kept crying as i reached the second half and continued crying till i reached the end.

Easily one of my favorites reads ever, even though it disturbed the hell out of me.

u/NoDrawer477 — 21 hours ago

Envisioning my future reading space

I want to have my proper and cozy reading space where I can read comfortably. Do you also have your own reading corner?

u/AnnoyedAnnie12 — 1 day ago
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The Farseer Trilogy - An intimate journey

So, i just finished and devoured this trilogy in only 20 days and this was one of the best character study i have ever read.

Robin Hobb's prose is so good that it feels like you are not reading a book but actually living in it.

The book reads like an intimate autobiography where fitz recites and recalls his adventures and misfortunes about his life from the age of six.

Every character in this trilogy is detailed. I hated the main antagonist with passion and similarly cared about many side characters and especially my boii fitz. I have never felt so strongly for any character as i feel for Fitz. I felt so many emotions like sympathy, frustation, protectiveness for him.

Although the series might not be for everyone as it is written in first POV and some people might not prefer that.

I also would admit that there are some flaws such as the pacing..the trilogy stretches several hundred pages sometimes without anything happening. So, if you read this trilogy , you need to have patience coz trust me, it is WORTH IT.

Assasin's Apprentice - 4.25 stars ( The first book which introduces us to the series but i couldn't care about the world or as much as i say about the main character until the end of the book where finally something happens)

Royal Assassin - 5 stars(This is the peak of the trilogy hands down. This book has everything from political intrigue, romance, mysteries, worldbuilding, lore and heartwrenching moments. I cried reading the ending of this book)

Assasin's quest - 4.5 stars( this books starts off well but suffers from pacing for like 200 pages and it was misery. But hold on, the second half of the book makes it worthwhile with all the lore and action plus drama. The ending is bittersweet and i can't stop thinking about it)

Overall : 4.5 stars( It might not be the best coz of some issues but definitely has become one of my favorites)

P.S already read liveship trilogy from the same series before this, so ordered the tawny man trilogy and can't wait to unite with fitz again.

Definitely read this if you want to be introduced to one of the most fully-formed characters in the fantasy genre.

u/LuCi-FER69 — 3 days ago
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Finally reading this

I had watched the first season of silo a year or two ago and loved it so much that i had bought the first book.finally after procrastinating and pushing it down my tbr for so long..i have started reading it today.

u/LuCi-FER69 — 2 days ago

Readers hub kausaltar review (pic: Samikchhya)

The focus room isn't very silent. Its very close to highway and a furniture workshop is just beside it. You must have a good noise cancellation headphones to make it little better. But some retards would sit there and scroll reels on loud volume and sometimes even make a call. And the loud music at the cafe section makes the focus experience even worse.
It turns out my home is more silent then that place. Readers hub is only good because of the tolerant people who go there and work, seeing them motivates you to work.

You don't have to pay to sit anywhere but its very good to support business. All I had was a Lemon tea. I sat there for like 4 hours using heavy noise cancellation headphone and deep ocean noise playing in it.

u/Bikram-wqq — 3 days ago