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thebookconfessions's review against another edition
5.0
I had so many feelings while reading this memoir. It's hard to swallow and yet a must read for women.
It's raw and honest and it makes you sick and angry and sad but it's thought provoking and eye opening.
Alisson Wood did an incredible job.
It's raw and honest and it makes you sick and angry and sad but it's thought provoking and eye opening.
Alisson Wood did an incredible job.
kenzieshillaee's review against another edition
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
4.0
beegcly's review against another edition
4.0
Wow, it’s hard to say I enjoyed this book given its content but it was incredibly well written and I definitely recommend it.
Alisson is a senior in high school when she meets Mr North, her English teacher. A manipulative, dark & inappropriate relationship begins between them when he introduced Lolita to her. Throughout this memoir, Alisson takes us through their relationship and how it came to be.
I loved how this book was written, it was like you were reading her diary. While disturbing to read at times I love the way Alisson pulled everything together at the end. Part 3 was really inspiring to see how she is used her experience for good.
Being Lolita releases August 4th & I highly recommend picking up a copy! Thank you so much to Alisson for sending me a copy to review☺️
Alisson is a senior in high school when she meets Mr North, her English teacher. A manipulative, dark & inappropriate relationship begins between them when he introduced Lolita to her. Throughout this memoir, Alisson takes us through their relationship and how it came to be.
I loved how this book was written, it was like you were reading her diary. While disturbing to read at times I love the way Alisson pulled everything together at the end. Part 3 was really inspiring to see how she is used her experience for good.
Being Lolita releases August 4th & I highly recommend picking up a copy! Thank you so much to Alisson for sending me a copy to review☺️
amourlacey's review against another edition
5.0
I loved this so much.
I started the audiobook, but stopped halfway and bought the book and started over. I was able to appreciate Alisson’s writing more by physically reading the book but the audiobook is still great. I underlined so many lines - the writing was absolutely beautiful.
I started the audiobook, but stopped halfway and bought the book and started over. I was able to appreciate Alisson’s writing more by physically reading the book but the audiobook is still great. I underlined so many lines - the writing was absolutely beautiful.
emwhite33's review against another edition
4.0
3.5 rounded up
This book was a hard memoir to read just due to the topics covered but it was really interesting to read the authors journey. I liked that we got to see a lot of the authors thoughts and growth throughout the book.
This book was a hard memoir to read just due to the topics covered but it was really interesting to read the authors journey. I liked that we got to see a lot of the authors thoughts and growth throughout the book.
hilsbooks's review against another edition
dark
emotional
reflective
fast-paced
4.0
Heart breaking, a book that will stay with you for the rest of your life.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, and Gaslighting
lou_p's review against another edition
dark
emotional
inspiring
sad
medium-paced
4.75
Absolutely sickening how The Teacher uses Lolita as a means to normalise what he was doing to Ali as if that book was ever normal, okay, or romantic.
Sometimes it felt like reading My Dark Venessa again, and I’d have to remember that this is a true story, not a novel. And that unfortunately these stories are all too common.
The grooming and manipulation itself is incredibly disturbing but somehow it gets worse when she graduates high school and he becomes physically and sexually abusive.
It’s like a beacon of hope when, at college, her professor teaches Lolita and suddenly everything is seen for what it was. I can’t imagine how uncomfortable that must have felt.
The grief she speaks of when she finds a photograph of herself. Longing to see that she had agency and looked adult. Only to find that she looked like a child, and more heartbreakingly, that she looked sad.
The parallels she draws about butterflies, oh my god, it’s so powerful and emotional.