Lolita

More like a 3.5/5

Story : One pedo loves a little girl, so he does everything to be with her. The plot is intriguing, even tho it's very uncomfortable to read what happens sometimes. The first half is amazing and that obsession is well developed and also, we get why Humbert does what he does... but the second half gets so boring! I don't know, but it felt kinda repetitive and I often found myself flipping pages... I don't want to know where you traveled in small details. At least, the ending spiked my interest.

Characters : I didn't know I could sympathize with a pedophile. Humbert Humbert is a well written character, with a wounderful language... how he speaks and plays with the words is trully amazing. At first, I thought I would hate him because... you know, but I didn't. Lolita is Lolita. I didn't find her very interesting. There are more characters, but I forgot their names because there are so many... her mother, her friends, the neighbours... nope, I can't do it.

Overall : If you read a little bit after the middle of the book, you'll like it a lot, but after that... it drags and the whole tension falls apart. It has a great protagonist, with layers and smart vocabulary. Time to see Kubrick's take on this story!