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    just finished reading Lolita, and even though I often read dark literature, this one disturbed me on a different level. from the very first page, Humbert Humbert’s pedophilia and manipulative tendencies are so apparent. He doesn’t hide the sickness—he constantly confesses it throughout the novel. the rape in the hotel, the ongoing assault, the way he casually admits to eyeing other “nymphets”. he just decorates all this in poetic prose, but there’s no ambiguity in what he’s doing. It's just crystal clear. so i don't really understand why apparently some people think this is a romance novel or that Humbert is genuine and not a bad guy?

    what particularly interested me though, is the way he convinces himself or tries to convince us that he’s in love with Lolita. but is he really? does he genuinely believe that what he feels is love? or is this part of his manipulation? although i don't believe it's love but is he like delusional and obsessive and genuinely believes that it's LOVE ?

    reading this also made me think about of Love and other demons by Gabriel Garcia Marquez which I read last year and absolutely loved—but I hardly see anyone discussing it. the story is different from Lolita, but it also involves a young girl—14 years old—and a priest in his 30s. they fall in love, and strangely, while reading it I never felt like the priest was grooming her or exploiting her. It actually read like a genuine tragic love story. they don’t have sex, and the narrative felt emotionally sincere rather than predatory. so am i morally wrong here? for believing that of love and other demons is a love story?

    Marquez also happens to have another book: memories of my melancholy whores with a similar story but that felt a direct depiction of pedophila and not a love story at all.

    by TheScarletwitchhh

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