Why Should I Like Lolita?

I have had small arguments over time about how unnecessary and useless this book is. It isn’t artistic, it isn’t interesting. The plot is disgusting and there is no story.

To me, it is sick entertainment – a thrill for people to feel ugly. Not scared, not sad.

Many books feature rape and violence and torture but it genuinely is only appropriate if it helps to tell the story. To relate and reflect with primary characters.

That is all story-telling art should be – engaging, connecting, relating, and helping viewers reflect. If anyone is just fascinated about the Why this was written needs to remind themselves that they are in pure Entertainment territory. And they need to be told that this is absolutely an unokay book to be entertainined by.

Books that do it well: Earthlings by Sayaka Murata

Other books that are gross: The Girl Next Door by Jack Ketchum.