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The Real Lolita: The Kidnapping of Sally Horner and the Novel That Scandalized the World by Sarah Weinman
9 reviews
avidreaderandgeekgirl's review against another edition
3.75
However, this book was a bit dry, and I think focused too much on the author of Lolita and not enough on Sally. I think this may have been due to a lack of records for Sally since she didn't live a public life.
The narrator wasn't great, and it was hard to concentrate on the book. She wasn't the worst non-fiction narrator, but she also certainly wasn't the best. Her lack of emotion didn't really match the subject matter.
Overall, a decent book. But I'd recommend reading a physical or digital copy over the audio.
Graphic: Bullying, Adult/minor relationship, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, Violence, Grief, Death, and Child death
Moderate: Sexual violence, Child abuse, Sexual assault, and Rape
josiebug's review
3.75
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Emotional abuse, Death, Pedophilia, Car accident, Child abuse, Rape, and Child death
Moderate: Sexism and Bullying
wolf013's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Bullying, Kidnapping, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Pedophilia, Car accident, and Death
amandas_bookshelf's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, Toxic relationship, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, and Sexism
Moderate: Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, Gaslighting, and Murder
ksuazo94's review
3.0
Graphic: Child death, Violence, Trafficking, Rape, and Child abuse
Moderate: Toxic relationship
siobhanward's review
3.0
That aside, this was decently well done. I loved how Weinman told Sally Horner’s story, it was human and heartbreaking. One of the problems with telling Horner’s story is how little information is available, particularly about what happened while she was with Frank LaSalle. However, Weinman addressed this well - she made it clear when she was speculating, rather than passing off her speculation as fact (which often happens in these books).
The thing that I found this book lacking was more context about the rest of the title - Lolita being a novel that “scandalized the world.” While there was a lot of context about Nabokov writing the book (to the point it got very repetitive), it’s release and scandal was pretty rushed, almost to the point of being glossed over. I think that if Lolita was scandalous enough that it’s referenced in the title, there should have been more context for it. While I agree that it was scandalous, I would have liked to see a bit more focus on that part.
I’m glad Weinman took the time to draw connections between the Horner case and Lolita, and the parts of the book devoted to Horner were well done, I just felt like there was a lot of repetition and not a ton of information in the parts about Lolita.
Graphic: Child abuse, Adult/minor relationship, and Kidnapping
Moderate: Child death and Rape
_dasbrot's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Child abuse
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, and Death
jmcordero's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, and Trafficking
Moderate: Rape and Stalking
irese_s12's review
5.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Rape, Kidnapping, Car accident, Child death, and Adult/minor relationship