Lolita

"Beautiful despite its controversial nature- a gut wrenching story told through rose colored glasses "

"I DNF this book I didn’t like it "

"It’s a story about pedophilia and the great prose doesn’t justify it or make it romantic. "

"A very interesting book… gives insight as to how pedos think… very creepy "

"I did enjoy reading this, but it's much tamer than what I expected "

"Written beautifully. Overall is disgusting. "

"This is, unapologetically, my favorite book. I think too many people dismiss it because of it's incredibly dark subject matter or they sort of make their own reviews of it childish by working a little too hard to justify how they could possibly like a book about something so disturbing. I'm not gonna justify why I like this book by following every compliment I give it with something like "but of course its all horribly evil and despicable and not at all good" because I don't think I need to. I think that's just a given. It's a story told through the eyes of a man monster who is disgustingly, poetically, selfishly, psychotically in lust and - perhaps - in love with a child who he kidnaps, manipulates, and abuses for years. It is not a rom com (it was never meant to be) no matter how much perhaps Humbert Humbert would have wished it could have been. I like Lolita because it is beautiful and devastating and nauseating and romantic and clever and "I-have-to-shut-the-book-right-now-this-is-too-disturbing-I-need-to-breathe" and funny and heartbreaking and gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous. I love Vladimir Nabokov with a fiery passion. I am amazed at his absolute mastery over the English language that I, a native speaker, could never hope to achieve. When I shut this book for the final time I genuinely sobbed. I was sad it was over and I was sad about all the tragedy I had consumed. I'll always be sad about it. And the rest is rust and stardust. "

"Even though it is controversial, the book proves that a charismatic man who is educated, well spoken and handsome can be an ill and manipulative monster. Unfortunately, these type of monsters exist outside of fiction, so I see this as a cautionary tale that only a few can see (unlike pop culture)."

"TW: pedophilia, descriptions of sexual acts (abuse) against children. ICKY. The writing (hear me out) however, is incredible. Poetic and heartbreaking- just very icky subject matter. I had no peace reading this lol but do not regret reading it."

"It was not the easiest read, first because of the subject matter and second because of the amount of elegant vocabulary. It is a very interesting book and if you are comfortable with the fact that it is a a taboo subject, then I recommend reading it!"