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3.79 AVERAGE
3.79 AVERAGE
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
And I shall be dumped where the weed decays,
And the rest is rust and stardust.
And the rest is rust and stardust.
challenging
dark
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Moderate: Pedophilia
L'ho letto, mi sono sforzata tantissimo, ma non mi è piaciuto.
Non è una lettura leggera, capisco dove voleva andare a parare, forse semplicemente non siamo compatibili.
Sicuramente le mie lacune di letteratura russa influiscono, ma no grazie, non fa per me.
Non è una lettura leggera, capisco dove voleva andare a parare, forse semplicemente non siamo compatibili.
Sicuramente le mie lacune di letteratura russa influiscono, ma no grazie, non fa per me.
Ugh, I wanted to be a fan, but I just wasn't. The author's style is just awful in my opinion, its like he sat there with a thesaurus and just threw in random words. So much French when the book is in English and so many just completely made up words. The story really wasn't that fascinating and I did not find it very controversial. I was bored for most of the book and the ending was pretty disappointing. I really wanted to like it but I just didn't. Humbert was a semi-interesting character and so was "Lolita," and I found him disgusting but also just kind of pathetic.
Gross. I’m sure someone could explain why this is important to the literary canon, but this book just emphasizes everything wrong with men.
challenging
dark
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
challenging
dark
reflective
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
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
medium-paced
i’m just rlly conflicted, man. i don’t even know. the development of this book was just so sickening & i felt like the second half got so grueling to get thru bc reading thru humbert humberts point of view IS grueling! idk. very upset n annoyed but also like. happy it’s over. fuck this book but i do understand a lot of it; i was just very confused by nabokov’s lack of a taught moral & the way it’s so centered around how he moved to america and was an american author now. i do now—vaguely—understand the concept of not necessarily him teaching thru the novel: it’s just a novel. there’s no moral being taught, it just exists. i guess that also allows the readers’ interpretations surrounding a taboo topic. all i know though, humbert humbert is vile & his final words to lolita doesnt mean much to me. he’s always been a coward and he’s just letting go because she’s no longer the kid he can control. that’s how it feels to me; his clinging to watching children and being with age appropriate women who mildly resembled prepubescent girls makes that evident to me.
https://open.substack.com/pub/nhijerk/p/im-reading-lolita-and-i-hate-this -> my thoughts while reading
https://open.substack.com/pub/nhijerk/p/im-reading-lolita-and-i-hate-this -> my thoughts while reading