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I thought Humbert was very interesting.
I didn't see him as a puffed-up, literary snob, I saw him as a pathetic predator who performed a ton of mental gymnastics to convince himself that his actions were justified, or at least not that bad. The book puts you inside the mind of a pedophile rapist, and it's not a pretty place to be. It made me uncomfortable, but it left a hell of an impression. I thought it was a very good book.
"And by the way, dearie, your punctuation sucks canal water!"
-The Ghost of Vivian Vance
I didn't see him as a puffed-up, literary snob, I saw him as a pathetic predator who performed a ton of mental gymnastics to convince himself that his actions were justified, or at least not that bad. The book puts you inside the mind of a pedophile rapist, and it's not a pretty place to be. It made me uncomfortable, but it left a hell of an impression. I thought it was a very good book.
"And by the way, dearie, your punctuation sucks canal water!"
-The Ghost of Vivian Vance
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It's an excellent book, and it's worthwhile to discuss literature even though the events depicted never really happened.
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