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A review by yoongitloml
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
4.0
I Love it. I Hate it
Being 14, I had doubts whether I should even read this book, as in many countries it has been banned, but then I remembered the quote of Wilde- There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written. That is all., and now here I am writing the review of this book, kind of torn between my own thoughts about the book, Mr. Humbert Humbert and Lolita.
Thing I hated:
1. The most uncomfortable age gap between H.H. and Lolita.
That's all.
Things I loved:
The way the book has been written is absolutely beautiful, and could not have been written any better. I just love the fact how well the author wrote about Humbert, at last making me sympathetic for Humbert, when swear to god, no one should. Some parts of the book just make me think that maybe Humbert is not bad at all, but then the other half of my brain kicks in, telling me that everything I read is so wrong.
And at parts I just wanted to hug Lolita and tell her that she is going to be alright. I just wanted to hug her
The whole book has been written in Humbert's POV, so many-er-times I was at a war with myself whether what i was reading, was that what was really happening, or was it just him being totally blind in his own love for Lolita? I wonder if when shes ‘playfully’ distracting him while he’s driving, was she intentionally trying to crash the car, or like, from H’s point of view, she was just being playful....
She didn’t seduce him, it was his POV.
At last Humbert realizes what he has really done to Lolita, how he really took her childhood away from her and and he kind of gets his punishment. Kind of.
And at last for everyone asking for a book from Dolore's point of view, here's the book: "Lo's Diary" by Pia Pera.
“And the rest is rust and stardust.”
― Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita
Being 14, I had doubts whether I should even read this book, as in many countries it has been banned, but then I remembered the quote of Wilde- There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written. That is all., and now here I am writing the review of this book, kind of torn between my own thoughts about the book, Mr. Humbert Humbert and Lolita.
Thing I hated:
1. The most uncomfortable age gap between H.H. and Lolita.
That's all.
Things I loved:
The way the book has been written is absolutely beautiful, and could not have been written any better. I just love the fact how well the author wrote about Humbert, at last making me sympathetic for Humbert, when swear to god, no one should. Some parts of the book just make me think that maybe Humbert is not bad at all, but then the other half of my brain kicks in, telling me that everything I read is so wrong.
And at parts I just wanted to hug Lolita and tell her that she is going to be alright. I just wanted to hug her
The whole book has been written in Humbert's POV, so many-er-times I was at a war with myself whether what i was reading, was that what was really happening, or was it just him being totally blind in his own love for Lolita? I wonder if when shes ‘playfully’ distracting him while he’s driving, was she intentionally trying to crash the car, or like, from H’s point of view, she was just being playful....
She didn’t seduce him, it was his POV.
At last Humbert realizes what he has really done to Lolita, how he really took her childhood away from her and and he kind of gets his punishment. Kind of.
And at last for everyone asking for a book from Dolore's point of view, here's the book: "Lo's Diary" by Pia Pera.
“And the rest is rust and stardust.”
― Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita