The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde - UPDATED REVIEW

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde  Genre : Classics Blurb (on back of book) : Oscar Wilde’s only novel is the dreamlike story of a young man who sells his soul for eternal youth and beauty. In this celebrated work Wilde forged a devastating portrait of the effects of evil and debauchery on a young aesthete in late-19th-century England. Combining elements of the Gothic horror novel and decadent French fiction, the book centers on a striking premise: As Dorian Gray sinks into a life of crime and gross sensuality, his body retains perfect youth and vigor while his recently painted portrait grows day by day into a hideous record of evil, which he must keep hidden from the world. For over a century, this mesmerizing tale of horror and suspense has enjoyed wide popularity. It ranks as one of Wilde's most important creations and among the classic achievements of its kind. UPDATED REVIEW MY OPINION : ****** I would like to start out this review by stating that this is undoubtedly m...
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Shuffle, Repeat - Jen Klein

Shuffle, Repeat by Jen Klein
Genre: YA Realistic Fiction

Image result for shuffle repeatBlurb (on back of book): When Harry Met Sally for YA romance readers. This opposites-attract love story is perfect for fans of Huntley Fitzpatrick, Stephanie Perkins, and Jenny Han.
June wants high school to end and real life to begin. Oliver is soaking up senior year’s glory days. They could have coasted through high school, knowing about—but not really knowing—each other.
Except that their moms have arranged for Oliver to drive June to school. Every. Single. Day.
Suddenly these two opposites are fighting about music, life . . . pretty much everything. But love is unpredictable. When promises—and hearts—get broken, Oliver and June must figure out what really matters. And then fight for it.

 MY OPINION: ****

SHORT REVIEW TODAY

SO SORRY. This is about five days late and I feel really bad and I'm doing it in a time period of ten minutes so...

Anyways, this book was a meh at best. I didn't hate it, didn't love it. I was expecting a lot more from it but my expectations fell flat.

To be honest, this was kind of a boring book. It had no interesting plotline and it dealt with too much music. For those of you who don't know, I don't generally like books with a ton of music in it. It's kind of annoying to read about it, especially if it's music I don't know (I'm 13, it's not like I'm gonna know all of the eighties music that they talk about)

Also, the characters didn't seem real to me and also irritated me. They seemed more like... characters. Not real people.

I know a ton of people LOVED this book and I didn't exactly DISLIKE or HATE it but it wasn't my favorite. It didn't make me feel like screaming or laughing or crying or shouting for joy like some romance novels do. I mean, June was kind of annoying but I did relate to her on her thoughts of "dumb" people. Oliver was really weird and I hated his girlfriend because she was so obviously trying to become friends with her enemies and June didn't even know.

Honestly, I read this book "so long ago" (about five days?) that I don't really remember much. So I'm going to cut this short and leave it at whatever I already said. I would recommend this book to contemporary lovers.

Main Character: June
Sidekick(s): Oliver
Villain(s): Theo, etc
Realistic Fiction Elements: This book was all very real to life.

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