Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov

105 reviews

emmablue's review against another edition

dark emotional sad

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Gaslighting, Rape, and Death of parent

Moderate: Alcoholism, Car accident, and Incest

warmrats's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-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

5.0

Ridiculously hard to get through, but incredibly necessary to read it as a tale about Dolores's tragedy. It is not about Humbert, and it is definitely not meant to romanticize him. This book will continue to have a controversial legacy, but it will be very important to me. I see myself in Dolores in many ways, as someone raised as a girl. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, and Sexual violence

bycath's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark informative mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Gun violence, Incest, Physical abuse, Rape, Child abuse, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Classism, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Murder, Pregnancy, and Violence

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

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

k0i's review against another edition

Heavy trigger warnings to watch out for. It is definitely a controversial book yet it also feels slow. I wouldn’t quite say one-dimensional, but the focus of the storyline is definitely unreliable. But once again, I didn’t finish this story so please don’t put complete faith in me. Read it if you want, at your own discretion of course. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Gaslighting, Adult/minor relationship, Death, and Infidelity

shayh's review against another edition

dark emotional tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Racial slurs, Death, Racism, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, and Incest

Minor: Vomit, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Gaslighting, and Murder

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

jesstroughton's review against another edition

dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

2.25

I really hated this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Rape, Child abuse, Incest, Gaslighting, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

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