Reviews tagging 'Pedophilia'

Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov

697 reviews

jakepasseri's review against another edition

challenging dark 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? Yes

5.0

Easily on of my favourite books I've ever read. Nabakov's prose and the way he writes HH is just phenomenonal

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Pedophilia

Moderate: Sexual content and Murder

Minor: Child death and Pregnancy

It's Lolita.

lonodopo's review against another edition

tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pedophilia

thclie's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

the description of the book stated here on storygraph is absolutely inappropriate and does not reflect the contents of the novel adequately

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Rape, and Violence

angiebks's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Death, Emotional abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Car accident, Murder, and Classism

holzzaune's review against another edition

slow-paced

3.0

yeah okay

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Pedophilia, Rape, Stalking, and Murder

alyelhemasy's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, and Sexual harassment

binchsensei's review against another edition

challenging slow-paced

3.25

Nabokov’s prose goes hard. An uneasy reflection on obsession, projection, & exploitation.

An airtight example of an unreliable narrator, ol Humbert is 100% bonkers, increasingly so as Dolores slips from his grasp. Re-read unlikely but I’ll be looking for other Nabokov books.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pedophilia

mary_do_12's review against another edition

challenging dark 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? Yes

4.0

i need to start this off by saying that nabokov is insanely talented and i wish i had just a sliver of his skill.

now, of course, lolita is a very controversial book, reasonably so.
i personally found myself immersed in the story and hooked to the characters. there is no denying that this book is disgusting and gross and disturbing. but if nabokov manages to make me feel these emotions, that means that his writing is impeccable. naturally, you have to look at his work critically and in doing so, i myself found lolita to be even more impressive.
i can say that i’ve been inside the mind of a pedophile and i would dare say that that has contributed to my broad life experience and feeling of sympathy and understanding of the world as a whole.
if i were to stand face to face with humbert humbert though, i would not hesitate a second to knock his guts out.

the reason i gave lolita four and not five stars is solely because i feel that towards the end, the book lost a bit of its pace, and with it, me. i found myself skimming along passages ever so often because i just wasn’t as attached to the story as much as i was in the first half.
still a great book, i would recommend it to absolutely nobody.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment

kglynn06's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

sannehamoen'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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Murder