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Jamie
Mar 06, 2013 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
I'm having trouble with the whole "how many stars" question. Here's the thing, I came into this novel knowing that it was a difficult subject. However,for some reason, the ages were not what I had the impression they would be. This made it much more difficult than I expected it to be. Perhaps my main issue is the maternal instinct that kept screaming for action in my head.

So, other than the delicate subject matter, Nabokov is a literary genius. This book is so well written that it was a refreshi
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Kaitlin
Listen to the Loilta podcast...that podcast is shedding this book into a whole new light.
Ana
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Hayden
Dec 24, 2010 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
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Nissa Rachmidwiati
Dec 25, 2010 rated it did not like it
Beth
Dec 31, 2010 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Laurentiu Lazar
Jan 02, 2011 marked it as to-read
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Kate
May 28, 2011 rated it it was amazing
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Kaitlin
Jun 05, 2011 rated it it was amazing
Jeremy C. Brown
Aug 26, 2011 marked it as to-read
Reis
Sep 01, 2011 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
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Sharon
Feb 04, 2012 marked it as to-read
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Isha Bali
Jun 30, 2012 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
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Willy Powell
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Nov 23, 2012 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
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Jun 25, 2013 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
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