Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Annotated Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov

88 reviews

haleymonkey5000's review against another edition

challenging dark sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, Incest, Rape, Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Sexual violence, and Gun violence

Moderate: Medical content, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Death, Homophobia, Racism, Stalking, and Alcohol

nisha_111's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Rape, Incest, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Death, Grief, Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Abandonment, Car accident, Child abuse, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Murder, Pedophilia, and Stalking

torgotorgo's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

An upsetting powerhouse of unreliable narration.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Death, and Violence

marageorge's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Pedophilia, Rape, Domestic abuse, Death, Child abuse, and Sexual content

Moderate: Gun violence and Murder

Minor: Pregnancy

k0i's review against another edition

Heavy trigger warnings to watch out for. It is definitely a controversial book yet it also feels slow. I wouldn’t quite say one-dimensional, but the focus of the storyline is definitely unreliable. But once again, I didn’t finish this story so please don’t put complete faith in me. Read it if you want, at your own discretion of course. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Gaslighting, Adult/minor relationship, Death, and Infidelity

shayh's review against another edition

dark emotional tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Racial slurs, Death, Racism, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, and Incest

Minor: Vomit, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Gaslighting, and Murder

rosesbooks24's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Rape, Pedophilia, Grief, Car accident, Blood, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Death, Child abuse, Alcohol, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, and Sexual content

maureenky's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.0

Christ this was so long for absolutely no reason whatsoever. I'm rating it a 2 solely based on the fact that there were parts of the book that I felt like Dolores was getting the better of the main character. Otherwise, the prose is exceptionally dry and quite frankly, extremely out of sorts for 85% of the book. It's labeled as a classic due to its dryness, and taught in classrooms due to the fact that that there are many places a professor could find their pupils slipping up and not reading the material.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Stalking, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Murder, Death, and Death of parent

Minor: Car accident, Incest, and Gun violence

calimie's review against another edition

dark funny slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Lolita is a victim from before she's on the page. Her mother hates her and happily finds every excuse to send her away

Spoiler

and Quilty  has already sat her on his knees while a crowd laughed and no one saved her

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She was a rude kid but brilliant at acting and sport. And HH destroyed her childhood.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Car accident

Moderate: Child abuse, Rape, and Kidnapping

wrensandroses's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Trafficking, Car accident, Gun violence, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Death of parent, Murder, Death, Sexual violence, Rape, Kidnapping, and Child abuse

Moderate: Mental illness and Incest

Minor: Antisemitism and Pregnancy