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Jun 12, 2007 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
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Underneath the eloquence a shocking description about an immoral passion of a monster. Whatever Humbert Humbert claims, his twisted picture of the girl isn't reality. He's filling in the gaps himself and imagining something there is not, forcing the reader to see Lo with his eyes. How much of the story is actually true? The writing is superb, it's only hinting the surroundings but tells us so much. Nabokov's use of words and allusions is in fact so brilliant, that you can't help but have this co ...more
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Beautiful, disturbing, compelling to the end.
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That if a character is developed well you will love them despite their shortcomings.
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