minus-squareWonThousand@alien.topBtoBooks•I recently read Lolita…linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoTo me, the biggest strength of the book and Nabakovs writing is how unlikeable he makes Humbert. Its like when an actor plays a terrible person so well that people end up disliking the actor in real life. So when i see people saying they dont like it because theyre “disgusted by Humbert” i think thats a testament to how well written it is. linkfedilink
To me, the biggest strength of the book and Nabakovs writing is how unlikeable he makes Humbert.
Its like when an actor plays a terrible person so well that people end up disliking the actor in real life.
So when i see people saying they dont like it because theyre “disgusted by Humbert” i think thats a testament to how well written it is.