Reviews tagging 'Pregnancy'

Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov

114 reviews

artemy_se's review against another edition

3.0

challenging dark reflective tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Murder

Moderate: Racial slurs, Pregnancy

Minor: Child death

plathandthebelljar's review against another edition

3.25

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Pedophilia

Moderate: Mental illness, Rape, Pregnancy

Minor: Child death

dr_sol's review against another edition

3.0

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

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, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use

Minor: Death of parent

carinaisabelle's review against another edition

3.0

dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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It's quite disturbing reading something this beautifully written about something so truly disgusting, disturbing and abusive.

Over the years I've heard that this is a love story. It is not (!). This is a story about repeatedly abuse. It tells the story of a young girl who has her childhood brutally taken away from her by a middle aged man, told from his perspective. 

HH is not a reliabl narrator, and we can't trust him to tell us the truth. He tries to hide Dolly's fear from us,and he doesn't even use her real name. He calls her Lolita. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting

rebekkamafia's review against another edition

challenging dark

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Gaslighting

Moderate: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Death of parent, Alcohol

Minor: Car accident, Pregnancy

phantomsparrow's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

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

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content

Minor: Car accident, Pregnancy

ashareads's review against another edition

3.75

challenging 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, Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Abandonment

liathibault's review against another edition

3.75

challenging dark emotional fast-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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completely and absolutely horrifying to read, yet a work of literary genius. if you’re uncomfortable reading this, you should be.

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Content Warnings

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

nina_mk's review against another edition

3.75

challenging dark sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

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, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Pregnancy

frmeden's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

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"In the infinite run it does not matter a jot that a North American girl child named Dolores Haze had been deprived of her childhood by a maniac, unless this can be proven."

it is so hard to put into words the way this novel affected me, other than we've done a great disservice to it by peddling it as a 'love story' for all these years. nabokov can say this story has no moral but the authorial intent reads very clear to me! i do almost feel like i could go back and read it again and catch new things because it kind of reads like a very overwritten horror/mystery novel, because HH is lying to you constantly and covering up his crimes with flowery prose. dolores haze you deserved better, who the fuck is "lolita" anyway!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Trafficking, Stalking, Gaslighting

Moderate: Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Death of parent, Pregnancy

Minor: Child death