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Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov

41 reviews

josierosser's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Incest, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Stalking, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Physical abuse, Death, Grief, Infidelity, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Gun violence, and Misogyny

Minor: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Alcohol, Medical content, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

persikan_05's review against another edition

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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Incest, Medical content, Pedophilia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Rape, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Car accident, Child abuse, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Murder, Pregnancy, Racism, Alcohol, Blood, Death of parent, and Gun violence

angrboda's review against another edition

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

3.75

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, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, and Incest

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

lxyeey's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, and Death

lissurrr's review against another edition

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

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

slimepuppy's review against another edition

challenging dark sad slow-paced

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

4.5

Scary, disgusting and incredibly well written. Vivid storytelling and fleshed out, believable characters - even at their worst, most despicable. The sheer sadness I felt for Dolores and her tragic, doomed fate made me want to cry and at times I just had to drop the kindle and take a breather.

Only major complaint I can think of right now is: too much French. There are whole passages written in French, and no translation was provided in my cpoy. As a result, entire sentences were lost to me, because I was not about to transcribe whole phrases into google translate at one in the morning. As Dolly amusingly put: "But do you mind very much cutting out the French? It annoys everybody." I am everybody!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Child abuse, Death of parent, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual violence, Death, Rape, and Misogyny

Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Gun violence, Gaslighting, Sexual content, Vomit, and Infidelity

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Racism, and Incest

dabblingintgeminestrone's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Pedophilia, Rape, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Child abuse, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, and Trafficking

stoleyourfoodinthelibrary's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Stalking, Sexual content, Kidnapping, and Child abuse

Moderate: Death of parent, Sexual harassment, Rape, Violence, Alcohol, Gaslighting, and Gun violence

Minor: Pregnancy and Incest

maddie_is_literate's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective tense medium-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: Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Murder, Toxic relationship, Pedophilia, and Sexual content

Moderate: Death of parent, Abandonment, Alcohol, Blood, Death, and Kidnapping

Minor: Medical content and Pregnancy

lavxna's review against another edition

dark emotional funny slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Death of parent, Car accident, Blood, Alcohol, Adult/minor relationship, Gore, Gun violence, Murder, Pedophilia, Child abuse, and Misogyny