: I’ve been reading more and more from Lolita, and about it and I don’t...

endofmarch:

I’ve been reading more and more from Lolita, and about it and I don’t get the obsession with it (beside the lovely, beautiful prose). I don’t get all the pictures I see on tumblr of the movie and everything that presents it as 1) a love story turned tragic or 2) a story of a damaged, lonely man…

I couldn’t finish it either. I thought it was beautifully written, but I couldn’t get past the content of it.  

6 months ago  Notes (16)
  1. riningear reblogged this from tinkertrex and added:
    I’ve just read summaries and I feel like this is one of those situations where no matter how beautiful the prose is I...
  2. aquapainter reblogged this from tinkertrex and added:
    Just gotta say when I hate how people present the story as anything other than how you saw it, I really don’t see...
  3. en-perle reblogged this from endofmarch and added:
    reason why i’m not too sure i want to read lolita. i mean, i understand it’s a great work
  4. ilikeoldbooks reblogged this from endofmarch and added:
    couldn’t finish...was beautifully written,...couldn’t get...
  5. batblush said: Your take on it is pretty much exactly how it is! however, the story is still fascinating and evocative, even though it’s centered around Humbert and his freakiness and issues and not Lo, as it seems most people portray it. Still a good read!
  6. tinkertrex reblogged this from endofmarch and added:
    It’s because they’re mostly teenagers who...underlying tones
  7. ghostwhispers-and-othertales said: This, exactly! I could never get through it because all I could think was, “This guy is disgusting!” It’s not lovely or anything to me. Certainly the style is nice, but the content…I can’t get around it either…
  8. wraiths said: well you’re right, no doubt about it, but there is more to it. it’s his perception that’s most interesting.
  9. oh-girl-among-the-roses said: i was just talking about this with my english teacher. i don’t get all the photos of it…such glorification of sickness. that being said, i LOVE the book. the writing is just so SO so freakin good. plus in the end, she gets away from him.
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