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Lolita

Vladimir Nabokov

Start date: May 1, 2017

Finish date: May 31, 2017

Discussion: New School Classics- 1915-2005

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May 23, 2021 Kenny rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: россия, classics, spenky-says-so, desert-island-books

He broke my heart. You merely broke my life.
Lolita ~~ Vladimir Nabokov

One of my reading goals for 2021 is to clear books off my Must Read Bucket List. This brings me to Vladimir Nabokov’s, Lolita, one of the first books to make that list years ago.

We all know the story of Nabokov’s disturbing masterpiece ~~ the middle-aged Humbert Humbert embarks on a tragic love affair with his 12-year-old, bubble-gum popping stepdaughter Dolores "Lolita" Haze. Lolita remains as shocking today as it ...more

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Feb 23, 2010 AmberBug com* rated it liked it

Shelves: audio-books, 1001-books-read-before-you-die, classic, sn-to-post

The thing is this... I'm not going to write a big review on this book for the simple fact that people who don't LOVE this book get bashed silly. I admire the written prose but the density of the book was terribly annoying to me, enough for me to only have LIKED it. However, I didn't read this, I listened to it as an audio-book which may have changed the experience for me.

What I will do, is give my opinion of the reactions from some reviews I read. After reading other comments from people on var ...more

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Jun 05, 2011 Trisha rated it liked it

Shelves: classics

Interesting book, but it seemed to stall out and became a very slow read. It is a disturbing look at a grown man's obsession with a 12 year old girl and is told from his perspective. It is written in a way that neither encourages nor criticizes his actions, it just bluntly describes his thoughts, feelings, and behavior in a very matter of fact way as he writes down the events. The novel is interesting, but it starts to stall out towards the end and just begins to drag and drag before reaching a ...more

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Oct 19, 2010 Allison rated it liked it

It's hard for me to rate this book. I made it about 1/3 of the way through. The writing is wonderful, but the subject matter was too disturbing for me. I couldn't handle the way he wrote with such lust about a 12 year old girl. Maybe if I was younger I could brush it off, but as I approach timeline of having my own kids it's too creepy. ...more

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