Is it imperative everybody likes Lolita? I'm ~240 pages in and just now realizing it's not for me. I have an aching feeling I've been filtered and every /lit/ user likes it except me. I can certainly recognize it's very well written and I respect the hell out of Nabokov and I don't think anyone but him could have written it, but all that being said it's just not for me and I don't think I'm going to finish it. >What don't you like about it?I really couldn't say. I know, I know. I wish I knew exactly what I didn't like. It's a good book, just not for me, I guess that's what preventing me. I love The Catcher In The Rye. That is my answer to that statement.
>>25224392I think you might dislike consensual relationships. Humbert and Dolores is abuse, but it's never portrayed as rape, whereas Holden rapes his sister, Phoebe.
>>25224392>I know, I know.Do you have to be so damned Reddit?
>>25224392No, there’s nothing wrong with not liking Lolita. Nabokov is not that special or important. Really him and his works are such a tiny, tiny piece of the world of literature, you genuinely aren’t missing anything if you skip his works entirely. You should definitely read the Ancient Greeks and Shakespeare though
>>25224402kek>>25224406This feels worse than the time I was called an indian on /r9k/ for using ubuntu. I feel horrible. You're the worst, anon. >>25224417I'll read The Iliad after I'm done with my other book. Thank you anon (wipes tears).
>>25224430>This feels worse than the time I was called an indian on /r9k/ for using ubuntuwhy are you talking as if there were going to be a family guy cutaway?
>>25224392>>25224417De gustibus non est disputandum.One must distinguish between personally liking a work and admitting it's a work of genius. I don't really like the Divine Comedy, I think its overreliance on obscure history and medieval politics makes it a cumbersome read, but it's clearly a brilliant, well-researched, well-thought-out and beautiful work. I don't really like Lolita that much either, I think Nabokov is a great stylist, better than Gaddis, but I'd rate the Recognitions higher on my personal top list because I have a fondness for encyclopedic novels and I think Gaddis' characters are more vivid.
Anon you must learn to value your own taste above that of others, no matter how many others. If you like a book then it is good, if you don’t then it is bad. Its as simple as that.
>>25224439>If you like a book then it is goodIt should be a crime to be this cringe.
>>25224392>Is it imperative everybody likes Lolita?It's a bold and extremely well-crafted book, and frankly it's a bit unusual if you like literature and can read well in English and still dislike it, but that's life. At least you're asking yourself why, and learning from this. I prefer some of Nabokov's other novels (Pale Fire and Ada, or Ardor) to Lolita, but if you're having no fun with that book and it's not because you can't keep up with it, you don't have to try another Nabokov any time soon.>I love The Catcher In The RyeIt's a finer book than its reputation would imply. Maybe you just much prefer plainer prose, or warmer tone, than Nabokov was known for. It's normal to love books and just dislike certain "great" writers (for me it's Conrad and Hesse), don't convince yourself there's something wrong with you because of it. Read whatever you please.
>>25224392>I'm ~240 pages inisn't the book around that length?
>>25224431>he isnt main character enough to have cutaway gags
Epstein planted the Lolita obsession on /lit/ and you all fucking fell for it.
