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A review by mellmeyer96
Being Lolita: A Memoir by Alisson Wood
5.0
“Have you ever read Lolita?”
Trigger warnings: sexual/verbal abuse, pedophilia, depression etc.
Being Lolita is a raw, genuine & heartbreaking account of Alissons own experiance. It is such an important topic to be spoken about but seeing it through the eyes of someone who went through it first hand, at such a young age, absolutely broke my heart. It is another book that I absolutely hated reading but loved every second of it at the same time (weird I know... But if you have read this one or My Dark Vanessa you will know the feeling I'm talking about)
Alisson's writing is incredible - she did an amazing job at painting the scene & different people in my mind as well as making you feel her emotions. It had quite short chapters which I absolutely love in a book & it all flowed smoothly in an easy to understand way. I found the language used throughout the book to be perfect - in my opinion it was the perfect level of complexity in the way that it wasn't too intricate to overpower the strength & importance of the story but it wasn't so simple that it lost my attention and fell flat. I also really enjoyed the way Alisson mixed through the parallels of Lolita through her own story showing the similarities & her thoughts behind them at a young age.
Overall I think Alisson did an amazing job sharing her story - she handled the heavy subject matter & complicated emotions in such a delicate way while still powerfully getting her story across. I think Being Lolita makes you think & bring up conversations about a topic that needs to be had. It is at times an incredibly uncomfortable read but it is also such an important read. I can't thank Alisson enough for taking the step forward & sharing her story.
Trigger warnings: sexual/verbal abuse, pedophilia, depression etc.
Being Lolita is a raw, genuine & heartbreaking account of Alissons own experiance. It is such an important topic to be spoken about but seeing it through the eyes of someone who went through it first hand, at such a young age, absolutely broke my heart. It is another book that I absolutely hated reading but loved every second of it at the same time (weird I know... But if you have read this one or My Dark Vanessa you will know the feeling I'm talking about)
Alisson's writing is incredible - she did an amazing job at painting the scene & different people in my mind as well as making you feel her emotions. It had quite short chapters which I absolutely love in a book & it all flowed smoothly in an easy to understand way. I found the language used throughout the book to be perfect - in my opinion it was the perfect level of complexity in the way that it wasn't too intricate to overpower the strength & importance of the story but it wasn't so simple that it lost my attention and fell flat. I also really enjoyed the way Alisson mixed through the parallels of Lolita through her own story showing the similarities & her thoughts behind them at a young age.
Overall I think Alisson did an amazing job sharing her story - she handled the heavy subject matter & complicated emotions in such a delicate way while still powerfully getting her story across. I think Being Lolita makes you think & bring up conversations about a topic that needs to be had. It is at times an incredibly uncomfortable read but it is also such an important read. I can't thank Alisson enough for taking the step forward & sharing her story.