/lit/ - Literature

I’m pleasantly surprised with this book. I half expected the entire story to be through H.H’s rose tinted lenses but instead it was gut-wrenching and I couldn’t be happier about it. One curious thing to note, Nabokov describes the sofa scene in full detail, but each instance where H.H rapes Lolita is one sentence at most simply saying they had sex. I thought about it for a bit and am I wrong to say he did this to filter the pedos? It makes it very clear that this is an upsetting story and not an erotica/romance you’d get off to. Lolita uses the word rape which in itself delivers the message clearly. What a punch this line is: “You revolting creature. I was a daisy-fresh girl, and look what you've done to me. I ought to call the police and tell them you raped me“ What an experience. I don’t think I could re-read this but i’m glad I got through it once.