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A review by askoda
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
3.0
What is considered love? In this case, it’s a predatory and frankly delusional ideation.
I don’t really know what to say about this novel. It’s a classic. It’s known to everyone that this story is about a man and his pedophilia. And if you can get through the pompous vocabulary and excess use of French, I think you might find value in the story. Otherwise, I suggest watching the movie.
It was interesting dipping my toes into the mind of someone like Humbert. His skewed perception of reality was fascinating and disgusting all at the same time. The way he saw the world around him brought a new perspective on how to identify people like him and how this scenario affects more than the young victim. But, you have to get through the overly dense verbiage and weed through the tangent thoughts to grasp this.
It’s not that I didn’t like the story or felt that there was nothing tangible for me to take away from it. Nabokov just had arrogance slathered on every page that left me distracted more often than not.
I don’t really know what to say about this novel. It’s a classic. It’s known to everyone that this story is about a man and his pedophilia. And if you can get through the pompous vocabulary and excess use of French, I think you might find value in the story. Otherwise, I suggest watching the movie.
It was interesting dipping my toes into the mind of someone like Humbert. His skewed perception of reality was fascinating and disgusting all at the same time. The way he saw the world around him brought a new perspective on how to identify people like him and how this scenario affects more than the young victim. But, you have to get through the overly dense verbiage and weed through the tangent thoughts to grasp this.
It’s not that I didn’t like the story or felt that there was nothing tangible for me to take away from it. Nabokov just had arrogance slathered on every page that left me distracted more often than not.