Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov

183 reviews

nisha_111's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Rape, Incest, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Death, Grief, Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Abandonment, Car accident, Child abuse, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Murder, Pedophilia, and Stalking

sleepyriv's review against another edition

dark reflective tense slow-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual content, Car accident, Gun violence, Incest, Murder, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, and Toxic relationship

turtlebones's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

I almost DNF this book but stuck it out and boy… once i did…. you can’t help but feel sorry for the professor but then you realize what he’s doing and who he is and you feel for Lolita. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Grief, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, Rape, and Stalking

saramaiabarbas's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Domestic abuse, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, Rape, Emotional abuse, Incest, Child abuse, and Sexual assault

differentsisters's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Child abuse, and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Murder, Death of parent, Car accident, Gun violence, and Gaslighting

Minor: Stalking

maureenky's review against another edition

dark 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? It's complicated

2.0

Christ this was so long for absolutely no reason whatsoever. I'm rating it a 2 solely based on the fact that there were parts of the book that I felt like Dolores was getting the better of the main character. Otherwise, the prose is exceptionally dry and quite frankly, extremely out of sorts for 85% of the book. It's labeled as a classic due to its dryness, and taught in classrooms due to the fact that that there are many places a professor could find their pupils slipping up and not reading the material.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Stalking, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Murder, Death, and Death of parent

Minor: Car accident, Incest, and Gun violence

calimie's review against another edition

dark funny slow-paced

• 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

Lolita is a victim from before she's on the page. Her mother hates her and happily finds every excuse to send her away

and Quilty  has already sat her on his knees while a crowd laughed and no one saved her

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She was a rude kid but brilliant at acting and sport. And HH destroyed her childhood.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Car accident

Moderate: Child abuse, Rape, and Kidnapping

kindregardstilly's review against another edition

got too much and not a fan of reading about pedophilia tbh. but the writing style was genuinely quite good

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Gaslighting, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Adult/minor relationship, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Car accident and Death of parent

wrensandroses's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Trafficking, Car accident, Gun violence, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Death of parent, Murder, Death, Sexual violence, Rape, Kidnapping, and Child abuse

Moderate: Mental illness and Incest

Minor: Antisemitism and Pregnancy

aliciaroy19's review against another edition

challenging dark slow-paced

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I want to buy my own physical copy of this and dissect it, write in the margins, tab it, analyse it but I also never want to touch this book ever again. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Kidnapping, Rape, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Death of parent