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> Tag: My Dark Vanessa

cbr12bingo – white whale (and BLACKOUT!!!! now I if only I could blackout and forget that this book exists!)

Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov

October 24, 2020 by andtheIToldYouSos 8 Comments

Lolita is absolutely vile, and I cannot be convinced otherwise. Yes, Humbert Humbert is the worst, and yes, we are supposed to know that he is a monster, but good lord this book is venerated from here to kingdom come as if it is the be all-end all of twentieth century literature. The edition that I picked up, which was published in 1997 as a commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the original pressing- and is still the one in current re-prints and mass circulation, STILL […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: 20th century lit, abuse, bingo, black out, cbr12bingo, jeremy irons, My Dark Vanessa, pedophilia, Rape, toxic masculinity, Vladimir Nabokov, white whale

andtheIToldYouSos's CBR12 Review No:110 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: 20th century lit, abuse, bingo, black out, cbr12bingo, jeremy irons, My Dark Vanessa, pedophilia, Rape, toxic masculinity, Vladimir Nabokov, white whale ·
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Controversial but compelling

My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell

July 17, 2020 by Wanderlustful 1 Comment

My Dark Vanessa is a complicated and controversial book- it is akin to a modern retelling of Lolita from Lolita’s perspective.  Oprah picked it for her book club (cbr12bingo!) and then dropped it when controversy arose- after American Dirt she maybe wasn’t keen for another controversial book so soon (FYI: the controversy was due to allegations that Russell had stolen the real life story of a Latina woman- since disproved via Russell disclosing her own childhood abuse). The story is a first person narrative that […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: book club, cbr12bingo, Kate Elizabeth Russell, Lolita, My Dark Vanessa

Wanderlustful's CBR12 Review No:37 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: book club, cbr12bingo, Kate Elizabeth Russell, Lolita, My Dark Vanessa ·
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