Lolita is my favourite book because of how intricately it's written. I've never read anything with prose like that and it's made it hard to read anything else – I read The Long Walk and the straightforwardness of it was just so jarring and boring in comparison. I enjoyed TLW! But I'd really like to read something else that beautifully written. A Clockwork Orange is the first thing to come close because of the excitement of decoding what Alex's slang meant, and the worldbuilding and imagery was really beautiful. I'm aware that both books deal with darker topics but I'm not specifically looking for that, it's more about the craft. If I look up 'books like Lolita/A Clockwork Orange' I only get books with the same subject matter, which isn't really the pull for me. I'm looking for more books written with the same love and care as Lolita.
by cheerfully_morbid
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Maybe take my recommendation with a grain of salt because I haven’t read Lolita but what you wrote kinda reminded me of This is how we loose the time war. Maybe I’m completely off with that rec, but it’s definitely a really good book and it’s fairly short so maybe check it out.