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Lolita

Vladimir Nabokov

Why we're reading this: I avoided this controversial novel for many years as I knew that its content would upset me. I am glad th…more
[close] I avoided this controversial novel for many years as I knew that its content would upset me. I am glad that I finally decided to read this novel because it is arguably one of the best-written novels ever written, and by a non-native English speaker no doubt! I highly recommend this book if you have an appreciation for fine writing.

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Sep 15, 2021 Tiffany Anderson rated it did not like it · review of another edition

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I hated every moment of this book. Yes, the writing is excellent - the narrator is fleshed out completely. Yes, Nabokov set out to write about a monster, and he did that. The rape, pedophilia, murder, narcissism, kidnapping - was just too much. It's described as a love story and I vehemently disagree. Delusions do not equal love. I'm learning that I have gigantic problems with what's considered classic literature. ...more

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Jul 23, 2011 Rebekah rated it did not like it

I just couldn't really get into this book. Oh, it wasn't the story that I couldn't follow, but the pretentiousness of the author's writing. I just wanted to say, "Get on with the story, will ya?" There were times in which I thought, "Okay, where were we again?" when I was reading this book and Nabokov had an overly-detailed description of a street or a town. I lost my train of thought, and, I think, so did he when he was writing the scene.

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