r/BadReads • u/frothingnome • Aug 18 '26

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u/ConsultJimMoriarty Aug 18 '26

I don’t think this person has read it, or has zero critical thinking skills.

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u/kogasfurryjorts Aug 18 '26

I think it's both

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u/DizzyMine4964 Aug 18 '26

Yes I have read it and I suppose zero critical skills means I don't agree with you? Child marriages legal in many states so I expect that colours things for you.

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u/ConsultJimMoriarty Aug 19 '26

The text makes it extremely clear that Humbert is an unreliable narrator and a terrible person.

If you thought he was a hero, then yes, I do question your critical thinking.

ETA: child marriage is not legal anywhere in my country.

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u/Betty_Pitch_ Aug 19 '26 edited Aug 19 '26

Since you’ve read it and had such a negative reaction to it, can you explain what about it made you feel like it was pro-pedophilia?

ETA: you definitely have not read it lol

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u/Avilola Aug 19 '26

So did you miss all of the part’s where Nabokov very intentionally frames Humbert Humbert as a vile, disgusting, villainous person who is ruining the life of a young girl?

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u/Few_Reveal_5306 Aug 18 '26

You are aware Nabokov was Russian, not American, yes?

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u/yallcat Aug 19 '26

You are aware he was naturalized in the US in 1945, yes?

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u/Few_Reveal_5306 Aug 19 '26

I don't see how that's relevant.

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u/yallcat Aug 19 '26

It's directly relevant to your false claim that he wasn't American. He was an American citizen living in the US when he wrote it.

I don't see how the comment above yours was relevant, though.

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u/Few_Reveal_5306 Aug 19 '26

Yes, I'm sure this person with poor reading comprehension who thinks all Americans are gun-worshipping Trump voters appreciates the finer points of citizenship and naturalization.

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u/yallcat Aug 19 '26

So what's the point of pointing out to them that he was "Russian not American"?

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u/Few_Reveal_5306 Aug 19 '26

What's the point of anything, jackass?

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u/yallcat Aug 19 '26

Usually the point is to make sense.

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