I am a great lover of Oscar Wilde, I am wearing a fan t-shirt right now and I love all of his works. To be honest, the Picture is not even my favourite of his works. But not because it's bad, but because his other stuff is so dang good :)

I really love his writing style. It's so very simple, almost biblical but still very effective. In his other works (especially in his fairy tales and poems in prose) maybe more than here, but it's also in the Picture very beautiful.

It's a classic. A modern classic, but still a classic. But it isn't dusty or old, it's fresh and not modern, but simply timeless. People will always read it and always adore it. 

The charactersare interesting. I like Basil most, of course. I like Henry to some pits and agree with him at some points. I love/hate Dorian, just as I was supposed to.

The storyline is well known, so I don't have to say a lot about it. And I don't want to spoiler (in case someone doesn't know)

I know, many people love it, but just as many hate it. It's not a book for everyone.

But I recommend it.

My rating

five stars out of five