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My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell — book review
“I think we’re very similar, Nessa,” he whispers. “From the way you write, I can tell you’re a dark romantic like me. You like dark things.” Recently I read a nonfiction book which claimed that when reading a book “However you get it, you’ve got it right”. When I read those words I found them…
3 STARS, ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIPS, Adult, all of the trigger warnings, America, American, AMERICAN AUTHOR, boarding/private school, BOOK REVIEW, Booklr, books about books, dark, distressing reads, female authors, hyped releases, Kate Elizabeth Russell, LOLITA, maine, MEMORY, mental health, My Dark Vanessa, netgalley, Pedophelia, published in 2020, rape, READ IN 2019, sexual assault/abuse/rape, SEXUALITY, subject over characters/story, trauma, VLADIMIR NABOKOV -
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
How can I have ‘enjoyed’ or ‘liked’ this novel?Well…I did find myself flinching away from it a few times… Well, what can be said about Lolita that hasn’t been said? Who hasn’t heard of it? The influence this work has had on modern culture is astounding: just think that the meaning of the name Lolita…
1950s, 1st pov, 20th century, Adult, ALIENATION, America, American, bad love, CLASSICS, dark, existentialism, HUMBERT HUMBERT, illness, LITERARY FICTION, literary references, LOLITA, modern classics, NABOKOV, Pedophelia, philosophical, psychological, published in 1955, read in 2018, road trip, Russian American author, toxic relationships, travel, VLADIMIR NABOKOV
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