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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I mean -- it's art. It's a reflection of life. People write about all kinds of troubling things. And the book is genius.

[b]If you can't handle it, or just don't want to read anything challenging in this way, by all means go back to your Sophie Kinsella novels.[/b] [/quote]

Why so rude? Why so all-or-nothing? 
One can interrogate subject matter as a part of an inquiry into art, even genius art.

"Don't you dare question a work of art, and if you do, it's a sure sign that you don't belong" is a statement wholly at odds with...well, most of the entire history of art.

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Because you're "questioning it" in the stupidest way, honestly. Humbert Humbert is bad therefore I won't read this book. It's literally about a guy who murders a girl's mother because he thinks he's in love with the girl. Him being bad is baked right into the premise - it's not morally ambiguous, no! But it's still a beautifully written, really engrossing story. What do you think you're questioning, exactly? Whether he's good or bad? He's bad! [/quote]

100% agree but you can't argue with uneducated idiots who start their reading list with bible stories.[/quote]

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