Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov

87 reviews

bellamp's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Incest, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Grief, Death of parent, Murder

pennepasta's review against another edition

4.25

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Murder

niyahneal's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Car accident, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment

angrboda's review against another edition

3.75

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

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despite the annoying amount of french throughout this book, and the difficult language that made me have to reread almost every paragraph, i loved this book. humbert is an unreliable narrator, which is what made this such an interesting and unique read. he recounts everything so particularly, either with too much detail, or by admitting he doesn’t remember nor care about what actually happened. it makes you second guess everything, it’s hard to truly tell exactly what happened. his lack of self awareness (he heard lolita crying every night; he saw her eyes become dull and void) he was convinced it was a love story. but us, the readers, know it’s truly a horror story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Medical content, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Alcohol

lissurrr's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Trafficking, Kidnapping

Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Blood, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol

magickmanonline's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, Murder

priscill4's review against another edition

5.0

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment

Moderate: Racial slurs

emily_adams_98's review against another edition

3.5

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Found it surprisingly engrossing and easy to submerge myself into the protagonist’s mind. Beautifully written, often had to reread passages i had skimmed over in order to fully appreciate the poetry of the descriptions. Thought it was interesting how the protagonist was simultaneously aware of the perversity of his actions and seemed convinced of his own ability to reason it away.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, Sexual harassment

klwpvfc's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 60%

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Found myself skipping through chunks of this, I got sick of reading about the thoughts and actions of this repulsive, self-justifying bore of a man. Honestly couldn’t bear to finish the book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping

wretched_divine's review against another edition

3.5

dark emotional sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Stalking, Death of parent

Moderate: Body shaming, Death, Homophobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Suicide, Transphobia, Kidnapping

Minor: Drug use, Racism, Antisemitism, Alcohol