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Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Incest, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Sexual harassment
Moderate: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Misogyny, Sexism, Murder, Pregnancy
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder
HH's obsessive thoughts and self-awareness of his actions and psyche were physically sickening to realize. My stomach turned more than once.
So many times, I found myself imagining scenes from Dolores' perspective -- wondering what she would've had to say, what she would've told us. Her suffering is so evident, even if it's only vaguely referenced by HH. I'd call this a horror book, honestly, because 1) We read what HH is telling us directly, 2) we are inside of an abuser's mind, and 3) we can imply that he's leaving things out because his perspective is skewed... so where does that leave us?
The writing in this is admittedly very lyrical, poetic and enjoyable, which became increasingly conflicting and distressing for me. Also, some longer sections and dense digressions in HH's stream-of-consciousness were hard to follow.
Graphic: Child abuse, Incest, Rape
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment
Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Trafficking, Death of parent, Murder
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Kidnapping
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Incest, Murder
this is such a difficult book to rate, because .... man i don't even know. i am very excited for our discussion in class tomorrow, and i really wanna hear more about this. i found the second 'kidnapping' a bit meh, and i didn't really enjoy that part of the story as much; even if it's supposed to be a mirror of the protagonist, it fell short, to me. it is kinda crazy how much the writer (humbert, not nabokov) tries to manipulate the reader, and does his best at trying to gain sympathy, because if we weren't aware of the severity of his actions and be able to tell apart what he really did from how he tells us, someone could really be tricked into understanding and justifying his actions
Graphic: Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, Toxic relationship
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Death of parent
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Incest, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Sexual harassment
Graphic: Child abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Sexual harassment
Moderate: Racial slurs, Kidnapping, Murder