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loveandphasers 's review for:
Lolita
by Vladimir Nabokov
After mulling it over... I had to settle on giving this piece a 3 maybe in my mind a 3.5. While it was clever, while I could read between the lines and mock Humbert Humbert, scoffing here and there at his arrogance and condescending dimeanor... While the ending did give me a bit of what I needed... it was an ugly ride. I would be lying if I said I enjoyed this read.
On a light note: it was too...scattered with really dense passages describing their daily activities that for the most part weren't important in the details. When more plot driven passages occurred I was hyper focused but it lasted much less time than the very drawn out pieces.
On a dark note: I didn't want to be lame and say this was hard for me to read. But it was hard for me to read. Academically? Maybe here or there... but emotionally... very. Being a victim of someone of a similar breed to HH I felt nauseated so often. I would get angry and have to whine out loud. I hated HH with all of my being. Usually I would say this makes for a great piece because it made me emotional. However, if I truly analyze my time over the bulk of the 3 days and nights I read through this novel, I didn't enjoy it. I didn't enjoy hating him. I am perfectly able to admit maybe my personal bias of my past got in the way.
Notice I still gave it a mediocre score. I just feel going in I had expected to give it something higher and have a new classic I could wave around. Instead I feel dirty, embarrassed and too self reflective.
May a finer scholar than I cling to it's pages
On a light note: it was too...scattered with really dense passages describing their daily activities that for the most part weren't important in the details. When more plot driven passages occurred I was hyper focused but it lasted much less time than the very drawn out pieces.
On a dark note: I didn't want to be lame and say this was hard for me to read. But it was hard for me to read. Academically? Maybe here or there... but emotionally... very. Being a victim of someone of a similar breed to HH I felt nauseated so often. I would get angry and have to whine out loud. I hated HH with all of my being. Usually I would say this makes for a great piece because it made me emotional. However, if I truly analyze my time over the bulk of the 3 days and nights I read through this novel, I didn't enjoy it. I didn't enjoy hating him. I am perfectly able to admit maybe my personal bias of my past got in the way.
Notice I still gave it a mediocre score. I just feel going in I had expected to give it something higher and have a new classic I could wave around. Instead I feel dirty, embarrassed and too self reflective.
May a finer scholar than I cling to it's pages