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culown's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Child abuse, and Adult/minor relationship
fifi99's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Murder, Pedophilia, Car accident, Child abuse, and Kidnapping
booksbyladybird's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Child abuse, Death of parent, Incest, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Toxic relationship
theplaguedoctorreads's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Incest, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Violence
merricatblackwood's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Death and Death of parent
Minor: Pregnancy
irese_s12's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, and Rape
Minor: Child death
alekatja's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Stalking, and Trafficking
mireanthony's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
There are gentle souls who would pronounce Lolita meaningless because it does not teach them anything. I am neither a reader nor a writer of didactic fiction, and... Lolita has no moral in tow. For me a work of fiction exists only insofar as it affords me what I shall bluntly call aesthetic bliss, that is a sense of being somehow, somewhere, connected with other states of being where art (curiousity, tenderness, kindness, ecstasy) is the norm.
To be flippant for a moment, I feel like this book belongs beside Catcher In The Rye, “Rick and Morty”, Fight Club, etc. with “media that demonstrates good taste if you’re marginalized but a glaring red flag coming from a cishet white man”. I just feel like the fundamental problem of identifying with a character that’s meant to be condemned and seeing him as the hero of the piece is the problem here. But then, this isn’t a hot or a new take, as people have been misunderstanding this book since it was first published, if other media I’ve seen around it is any indication.
Anyway. Great book, deserving of its recognition as a classic and a work of art, terrible villain as the protagonist, agonizing to read. My singular complaint is that the edition I have (second Vintage International edition, June 1997) does not have footnotes translating Nabokov’s usages of French. Pretentious dick (affectionate).
My only justification for reviewing a piece of controversial classic literature is that I am very bored and so far this year reading and writing about it has been a small bright spot for me.
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Child abuse, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Incest, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, and Rape
venusenvy's review against another edition
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Incest, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Car accident, Physical abuse, and Sexism
Minor: Antisemitism
zarazim's review against another edition
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, and Sexual content