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I started the audiobook of Lolita one day at the gym while "Jersey Shore" played on one of the big TVs in the cardio section, and found myself thinking there was some sort of irony there, listening to Jeremy Irons' silky tones narrate a tale of a man whose behavior goes past the bounds of decency while images of people engaging in more banal forms of debauchery played in front of me. This is all a round about way of expressing my own trepidation when I began Lolita, the first-person account of o
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This might be the most well written book that I never want to read again. The prose is so evocative and beautiful, but the subject matter turns my stomach.
I'm sure everyone knows this story so I don't feel the need to re-hash it here, and it is engaging, brilliant, sad, and tragic.
I'm glad a read it, but probably won't read it again.
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I'm sure everyone knows this story so I don't feel the need to re-hash it here, and it is engaging, brilliant, sad, and tragic.
I'm glad a read it, but probably won't read it again.
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Hard to get past the despicable subject matter (this is obsession and abuse, NOT a love story in my opinion) but I am glad I read it. The author's mastery of language is incredible and it is a truly unique piece of literature.
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