Cathy Coote

If you read the first 30 and last 30 pages you've read the novel. In between are umpteen variations on how our precocious 16-y.o. teases and seduces the older man she has latched onto. It gets a bit boring but I read on to see if there was any development. There wasn't till the very end, and that wasn't convincing.

Lolita only through the eyes of the girl.

Not really, but the story reads like it. Disturbing sections, but it's a wild ride.

Poor attempt to write a new version of Lolita from the young girl's perspective. The sexual scenes were liberally used throughout the novel and grew monotonous after a while. The writing was fine, but the story just didn't really go anywhere.

This book was almost adorable where it seemed to be attempting at disturbing. It's enjoyable and the ending is not terribly tragic as the abstract would have you believe so don't fear it.