A review by sofipitch
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov

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

4.25

Unsure of how to rate this one, because while I can see this as the possibility of an unreliable narrator stretched to it's max, that max being 'are you really gonna believe this pedophile' the legacy of the book is literally just that. Reading this book with Lolita being the brash gross kid peaking out to you from under Humbert's rose colored gaze, the things he says to justify his relationship looking at ancient history or Freud, I am at a loss as to how so many ppl walked away with this being a love story, makes me as sick to my stomach as the book.
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