mcf 's review for:

The Real Lolita: The Kidnapping of Sally Horner and the Novel That Scandalized the World by Sarah Weinman

3.0

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A meticulously researched (as one has learned to expect from Weinman), interesting, devastating story. The story of Horner's kidnapping is absolutely horrific, and Weinman tells it well. That said, the peripheral stories held much less interesting me, and far, far less emotional involvement, which meant that I struggled to engage with much of the second half of the book. (I sincerely think it's great, this is just a "it's not you, book, it's me" situation.)