A discussion of sorts. I'm the first 80 pages into Lolita and I bought it despite hearing mixed things about the book, mainly I guess because of its content but I also think people have a problem with the language which can at times be a bit wordy.

I love the wordiness though, i've never been a big fan of authors who just go on and on and on about nothing (Tolkien's descriptions spring to mind) but oddly I could read the inner workings of Humbert Humbert's mind till I went blind. I know that's an odd thing to confess when that's the mind of a self-confessed paedophile, but he's so funny. It's the arrogance, the bloated sense of self worth and the continuous repeated derision of Mrs. to-be-Humbert Haze.

Like I said a discussion of sorts, because although I don't think there are spoilers in the book I want to enjoy it without learning what's to come. I just needed to gush my love (argh I love a book about a man who (very descriptively) loves children!) for Humbert Humbert or more accurately Vladimir Nabokov. If I'm being honest if you replaced Lolita for a woman then this is, at the core, a beautiful romance novel. As it is, it's a bit seedier. There's no denying Humbert's eulogising of Lolita is poetically delightful...if incredibly seedy and it's that balance that continually catches me off guard.

Great great great, getting back to it now.