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Lolita
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Start date
May 1, 2013
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May 31, 2013
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Novel of the month!
Why we're reading this
We (ahem, that is I, Kiwie did at least)wanted a different type of novel from the once we've read so far,…more

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What Members Thought

Kiwie
Nov 25, 2009 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: general-fiction
Lolita was an interesting read, narrated by an imprisoned, unstable, Humbert Humbert who tells the story of his life and that of Dolores Haze. The novel took me forever to get through and I'm not as attentive for detail as it deserves, it made me chuckle a few times, it grossed me out sometimes and I found the narration to be the most interesting part. I don't know what to say other than that. It was a bit tedious in part, especially around the middle, when H.H is telling the story of himself at ...more
Katastrofekat
May 18, 2013 rated it really liked it
Shelves: fiction, classics
I didn't hate the book and I didn't love the book.
The narrator disturbed me and his habit of speaking french (I took three years if french and I don't understand what he was saying) annoyed me quite a bit. I really don't know what else to say about this book, except that I don't mind it and I'm glad to have read it.
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