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3.79 AVERAGE
3.79 AVERAGE
challenging
dark
sad
tense
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
2.5!
'Lolita' or 'Memories of a deranged and sick man'?
Honestly, I don't know if I'm dumb or I couldn't see the 'amazing' in this 'classic'. I felt stupid and bored reading it, because the writer was digressing too much and I feel like there were too many metaphors and I couldn't imagine in my brain the story I was reading. I would say this book is a 2.5, because the style of writing is not my favourite to be honest, but the story was okay (as much as 'okay' it can be). Interesting and with a happy ending (him in prison).
In my opinion, the storyteller of the book (I would say Humbert Humbert but I've read that Nabókov was too invested in writing about young ladies) wanted to be some sort of writing genious but to me it sounded more of a pretentious a-hole who I hated to my core from the start until the end of the book who was deranged as f*ck. I guess that is the point of the plot, right?
'Lolita' or 'Memories of a deranged and sick man'?
Honestly, I don't know if I'm dumb or I couldn't see the 'amazing' in this 'classic'. I felt stupid and bored reading it, because the writer was digressing too much and I feel like there were too many metaphors and I couldn't imagine in my brain the story I was reading. I would say this book is a 2.5, because the style of writing is not my favourite to be honest, but the story was okay (as much as 'okay' it can be). Interesting and with a happy ending (him in prison).
In my opinion, the storyteller of the book (I would say Humbert Humbert but I've read that Nabókov was too invested in writing about young ladies) wanted to be some sort of writing genious but to me it sounded more of a pretentious a-hole who I hated to my core from the start until the end of the book who was deranged as f*ck. I guess that is the point of the plot, right?
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Only good thing about Humbert is how he dies at the end.
challenging
funny
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
3 stars. While I can appreciate for its writing, surrealism, and what it's supposed to be... I don't think it is for me. I ended up rushing through because of how I uncomfortable I was (Which I understand is part of the point) But unlike other classics I have read, it didn't have that much of an impact on me and I ended up being icked out rather than interested or it making me more thoughtful.
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
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