Lolita

Rating:
Summary: A good read, Okay, A great read.
Review: Mighty, Mighty prose. Vladimir uses a ton of adjectives that, I'm guessing, You've never heard of and will be enlightened to. Be prepared, Have an electronic dictionary close by. Find a room, with no distractions. A day with no schedules, and slip into something light, Perhaps your skimpies. Get comfortable with your book. It's lovely, and it deserves your attention. It is a love story. A parady also. Do you hear that? Its a boiling kettle. Your tea is ready. Go read this book. And when you're through with the story, Read the notes From Vladimir that follow. There included in this delectable edition. No, He doesn't appologize for his guilty sin of a story. He tells why, he was obligated to write it. That he was nagged by it. That it was a passion of his. Interesting stuff. Please yourself with them.

Rating:
Summary: Very good
Review: The reason I'm not giving Lolita 5 stars is that at times I found it a little tedious, but for the most part, it wasn't, and I loved it. Nabokov writes beautifully and his character, Humbert, comes out more human than most characters do.
For those who don't know, Lolita is, put simply, the story of a 40 year old man who falls in love with a 12 year old girl. To some, this will be child abuse, and maybe, in it's own sense, it is. But I found it refreshing and at the same time torturous that Humbert does really seem to care about Lolita. Of course, his way of caring for her is possessive, and at times it seems it isn't Lolita he cares about, but sex. However, at the end of the book, we are able to see that he does care for her in his own way, and we must remember that there are a lot of different ways of caring for someone. This last part is particularly sad, because where as other books and movies make us believe that you can only truly love a person if they love you back, here Nabokov tells us exactly the opposite, that it is possible to adore and worship somebody who you know will never love you back. The thing that gets most people is that he seems to care about his Lolita so much that it becomes sort of unbelievable, and many will not believe it. But whether you do or don't, this book is a work of art in every sense of the word, even if just because the writing is so enchanting.

Rating:
Summary: Disturbing Beauty
Review: The love looks so true, so innocent! It is written like you almost get jealous at the love Humberts feels for his nymphet. You get an understanding -for as much is possible- about the feelings this pedofile has. And how disturbing it might seems, it yet looks so completely normal in the style it is written down.

Yes, it is one of my favorite books since it has accomplished what all books should accomplish: understanding about such a controversial item/love. Understanding in the main character of the book.