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iinasomnia's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Gaslighting, Vomit, Alcohol, Blood, Sexism, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, and Misogyny
thebookpaiges's review against another edition
Graphic: Violence, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Mental illness, Sexual harassment, Blood, Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Rape, Sexual content, and Sexual violence
Moderate: Pregnancy, Self harm, and Death
hate_crimed_at_chilis's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, Rape, Pedophilia, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, and Adult/minor relationship
literaryrambles's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Domestic abuse
bookswithgeorgia's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Vomit, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Self harm, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Gaslighting, Blood, Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, and Emotional abuse
janinagnes's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Rape, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Adult/minor relationship
Moderate: Suicide and Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Self harm
hannakutlu's review against another edition
3.25
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship
Moderate: Gaslighting, Rape, Sexual violence, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, and Emotional abuse
Minor: Self harm
savvylit's review against another edition
3.5
Being Lolita is a compelling and consuming memoir. The book shines in revealing what it's like to survive a predatory and emotionally abusive relationship. I feel as though I have definitely walked away with a better understanding of how our culture has dangerously blurred young women's understanding of consent and power dynamics.
I ultimately rated Being Lolita as 3.5 stars because a large part of the memoir is a critical analysis of Nabokov's Lolita. It is an incredibly well-thought-out analysis and clearly helped Wood on her journey to better understand her own experience. However, the flow between Wood's recounting of her past and the analysis didn't hold my attention as well as I'd hoped. At some point, it felt like the threads of Wood's own experience were dropped in favor of an academic approach. While there's not necessarily anything wrong with that, it seemed disjointed to me as a reader.
Graphic: Sexual violence, Adult/minor relationship, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting
Moderate: Mental illness, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts
yetanotherbookstagram's review against another edition
4.0
Moderate: Sexual violence and Emotional abuse
Minor: Self harm
qmanfull's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship and Sexual violence