Lolita

Listen even if you fundamentally disagree with this book, you should probably still read it, even if only not to make a ack-jass out of yourself when you try to explain why it's the worst ever actually. BUT! If you think this book is really cool and romantic actually you should probably still read it even if only to really double check on what Dolores Haze is actually doing/saying and maybe dont listen to everything Humbert Humbert says?? (Talking to you Vanity Fair).

Beautiful, poetic writing but an abhorrent theme and a detestable main character

Who with children lies, in a soaked bed wakes.

Disturbing and gripping. I was surprised to find reference to Edgar Allan Poe's Annabel Lee in Nabokov's banned work. Overall, a unique story on a deranged man and a tragic childhood.

Really underwhelmed by this "classic" there were a few times it got interesting but most of the time it was full of waffle written by an author showing off that he had his own copy of a thesaurus.

I really struggled to get past of all those pointlessly big words, what helped was the boring part in the middle describing in minute detail the journey he takes with Lolita. The last third of the book was really good, it was enjoyable reading everything unravel for HH.

As for the subject matter I was expecting to be uncomfortable having two daughters myself, but it was written in a way that you don't see a child, more a young woman.

This one goes onto the pile "I made it the end and ain't gonna recommend this ever!"

Read this so long ago. I still don't read French, otherwise I might value it more highly.