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Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
4.0
This took me longer to get through because the content is so gross. This is lessened by the style of writing, the craft here is incredible.
Looking through the reviews, and by other comments Ive heard, there is a lot of talk of "feeling sympathy for a pedophile" as I've read the book now, I can say I never felt this.
When are we supposed to feel sorry for him? I never do or did while reading. At anytime he was put in danger, or felt loss, even in his recollection of childhood, I simply did not care for such a characters well being.
It is strange reading about such a grotesque character. Who does irredeemable acts upon a child. Which is not even his only flaw. He is classist, he is racist, he is so so many terrible things. He is unaware of himself through the entire book while us the reader can see him in his pathetic totality.
I do not suggest this book to anyone who is weary of it. Its masterfully put together, its crafted so well, it does, after so many years, still have something worth hearing within its pages. Its about Dolores. I wanted to know her so desperately, who she was away from him. Her favorite candies and her secrets amongst friends. I wanted to know that she still had a shiny little marble of herself tucked away from this vile evil man.
Of course we only get glimpses of her through his eyes as he does not care about Dolores person. He does not see her as a person, he's come up with a terrible name for girls her age and deprives them of any humanly respect.
What made me decide to read Lolita finally was seeing that Nabokov had asked for the cover to not be of a girl. Not have any resemblance of a girl on the cover. His request had not been heeded.
Looking through the reviews, and by other comments Ive heard, there is a lot of talk of "feeling sympathy for a pedophile" as I've read the book now, I can say I never felt this.
When are we supposed to feel sorry for him? I never do or did while reading. At anytime he was put in danger, or felt loss, even in his recollection of childhood, I simply did not care for such a characters well being.
It is strange reading about such a grotesque character. Who does irredeemable acts upon a child. Which is not even his only flaw. He is classist, he is racist, he is so so many terrible things. He is unaware of himself through the entire book while us the reader can see him in his pathetic totality.
I do not suggest this book to anyone who is weary of it. Its masterfully put together, its crafted so well, it does, after so many years, still have something worth hearing within its pages. Its about Dolores. I wanted to know her so desperately, who she was away from him. Her favorite candies and her secrets amongst friends. I wanted to know that she still had a shiny little marble of herself tucked away from this vile evil man.
Of course we only get glimpses of her through his eyes as he does not care about Dolores person. He does not see her as a person, he's come up with a terrible name for girls her age and deprives them of any humanly respect.
What made me decide to read Lolita finally was seeing that Nabokov had asked for the cover to not be of a girl. Not have any resemblance of a girl on the cover. His request had not been heeded.