I've just finished reading this book about a couple of weeks ago and I was just left astounded - I have to admit I'm not normally one to read a 'classic' book, but I had a book token so I thought I'd just go for it and I was pleasantly surprised.
When I explained what it was about to some of my friends, they said that it would be wrong for me to like it, but I feel the controversial topic made it even better. Okay, so here's the synopsis, if you're thinking that my jabbering has made it sound like a good book;
"'Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins. My sin, my soul.'
Poet and pervert, Humbert Humbert becomes obsessed by twelve-year-old Lolita and seeks to possess her, first carnally and then artistically, out of love, 'to fix once for all the perilous magic of nymphets'. This seduction is one of many dimensions in Nabokov's dizzying masterpiece, which is suffused with a savage humour and rich, elaborate verbal textures."
I think it truly is such a good piece of writing - some people who reviewed it even felt sorry for Humbert Humbert, which I found myself doing. But then I just began to understand his logic, even if it was a little warped and it turned out to be a thoroughly enjoyable read.
I'm going to watch the film adaption this week - the older one - and then find the new one. That's how good I think it is.
Five out of five ^_^
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