A review by zosia
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov

3.0

Nabokov’s writing style is absolutely exquisite, the Humbert Humbert narrator unforgettable and brilliant. Part 1 for me was a near-5 star experience but in part 2 it all went downhill with a crash for me, hence the final 3 stars. About the 'controversial' elements - I think there is no message the author is trying to say with this book, that the real message is that there is no message, the author's commentary at the end of the book is really worth reading. My lower rating was due to some fragments which dragged, and some plot-points in part 2 which didn't work for me at all and I found disappointing. Yet, I'm really glad I've read it.