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by Vladimir Nabokov
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Projections of a Bibliophiles Mind
I'm the kind of person who believes that there are certain books everyone should read due to their popularity in modern culture and because I consider them to be classics. I'm also the type of person who doesn't desist reading a book easily and if I do, it's only until I have the time and motivation...
Flying Kick-a-pow!
Flying Kick-a-pow! rated it 13 years ago
The state of my "to-review" list is just frightening right now. I don't even like looking at it because it's like, 10+ books and a lot of them are ones I finished months ago. So ... GAHHH! Anyway, it's been about two months since I read this book. And I admit, part of the reason why I've put off thi...
Bossy Books
Bossy Books rated it 13 years ago
These books means really a lt for me and had a tremendous impact on my life, bothe real life and reading life :)
Don't Stop Readin'
Don't Stop Readin' rated it 13 years ago
"Lo-lee-ta: the tip of the tongue taking a trip of three steps down the palate to tap, at three, on the teeth. Lo. Lee. Ta. She was Lo, plain Lo, in the morning, standing four feet ten in one sock. She was Lola in slacks. She was Dolly at school. She was Dolores on the dotted line. But in my arms sh...
Words, Words, Words
Words, Words, Words rated it 13 years ago
Beautiful, dark, twisted, funny, haunting, lovely, relentlessly engaging, and thoroughly uncomfortable.
hippieed perceptions
hippieed perceptions rated it 13 years ago
Having seen the movie long before I read the book, I thought I knew what I was getting myself into reading it. Boy, was I ever wrong about that. Nabokov was able to put me through so many emotions with this book that my brain hurt when it was over. Humbert is creepy. He's a child molester. But ...
Kim Reads and Bakes
Kim Reads and Bakes rated it 13 years ago
I found it really hard to rate this book. When I look at the relatively few books to which I have given five stars, this one doesn’t quite fit. I don’t love the characters and I don’t love the plot. As I listened to the audiobook - quite wonderfully narrated by Jeremy Irons - I often felt visceral ...
Blogged Out Ma Nut
Blogged Out Ma Nut rated it 13 years ago
Creeptastic spectacular! Surprisingly funny, beautifully written, disgusting. Would I recommend? Well... read it, but I didn't tell you to :-)
Chrissie's Books
Chrissie's Books rated it 13 years ago
I am going to tell you what I wish I had been told before reading this book. This is a memoir told from the first person point of view. I guess we all know that this book is about a pedophile, about incest. Yes it is, but it is extremely well written. And for this reason, due to this author’s talent...
Book Candy
Book Candy rated it 13 years ago
The thing is this... I'm not going to write a big review on this book for the simple fact that people who don't LOVE this book get bashed silly. I admire the written prose but the density of the book was terribly annoying to me, enough for me to only have LIKED it. However, I didn't read this, I lis...
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