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A review by rhiannoncs
Ada by Vladimir Nabokov
1.0
This didn't even feel like Nabokov to me. There is a reason, I guess, why this book has sat on my shelf unread for five years, occasionally taken down for me to read a few chapters and then put back so I could reread [b: Pale Fire|7805|Pale Fire|Vladimir Nabokov|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1388155863l/7805._SY75_.jpg|1222661].
I made myself slog through the entire thing this time, though, and I'm not sure why. It alternates between adolescent sex fantasy and meanderings on the substance of time, framed by a premise that the story takes place on a mirror-world to our own, a premise that consistently feels half-integrated to me. It didn't tie together well, and the prose didn't sparkle the way I expect from Nabokov.
I made myself slog through the entire thing this time, though, and I'm not sure why. It alternates between adolescent sex fantasy and meanderings on the substance of time, framed by a premise that the story takes place on a mirror-world to our own, a premise that consistently feels half-integrated to me. It didn't tie together well, and the prose didn't sparkle the way I expect from Nabokov.