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After I had read the first few chapters of this book I wrote:
This book is going to tough to review. The writing is superb but the subject matter is so distrubing that I sometimes find myself wanting to close the book. I sometimes do - for about ten mintues or so - then I find myself re-opening the book and contiuning to read.

I have finished it now and here is my review:
Vladmir Nabokov is a writer of rare talent, his use of language is exquisite. He gets so deeply under the skin of the main character of this book it is hard to believe that the character’s thoughts are not Vladmir’s very own. As a writer, even one who uses a pseudonym, I never give my readers a glimpse of my deepest, darkest imaginings � I am too afraid of being judged, or even worse, inciting someone to sexual violence. Vladmir shows a bravery I can only admire by writing about a topic that is not only taboo but very disturbing.

The world is a brutal place and though we seek temporary escape in books or movies with manufactured happy endings, the truth is all around us. A book like Lolita reminds us of the ugly, undeniable reality of child sexual abuse and gives us a peep into the deranged mind of a perpetrator of this atrocity.

Is Lolita one of the best books I have ever read? Undoubtedly—but I am not certain that I liked it. I know that it will haunt me for a long time, if not the rest of my life. And that, you must agree, is the mark of an extraordinary book.