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Written by Ronja on 2025-01-25 at 07:44

What a change of perspective! The story of "1984" told by Julia and "Lolita" told by the now grown-up Dolores Haze instead of the paedophile Humbert Humbert.

• "Julia: A Novel" by Sandra Newman (org. in English, translated into Dutch, German...)

• "Bye Bye Lolita" by Lea Ruckpaul (German only)

Trigger warning: "Julia" is like "1984" very dystopian. "Bye bye Lolita" contains details of sexual abuse.

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Written by Lydia Conwell :mastodon: on 2025-01-25 at 07:49

@RonjaBiernat I'd be interested to read the 1984 one. I'm not so much interested in Lolita. Although I'd proably read this new version before the original. Also: can't read German anyway.

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Written by Ronja on 2025-01-25 at 07:58

@lydiaconwell I am curious to know what you think of the book. I read a little over 3/4 of the book, but decided to stop for now. It was just too dystopian for me.

And I never read the original Lolita either. Even as a young girl it felt wrong. At the time I didn't have the words to explain why it was wrong and why I didn't want to read it. Lea Ruckpaul has found the words.

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Written by Lydia Conwell :mastodon: on 2025-01-25 at 12:10

@RonjaBiernat Oh I like 1984. I don't know how much of a socialist Orwell trully was (I suspect he was a fraud) but it's a decent book about an authoritarian state.

Julia doesn't feature a lot and there isn't much to her, so I think a novel from her perspective has the potential to be very creative and add more to the world.

I remember the part where Winston reads a banned book dragged on a bit. Very dull, that part.

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Written by Lydia Conwell :mastodon: on 2025-01-25 at 12:13

@RonjaBiernat As for Lolita. I'm always interested in novels that are daring and discuss dark things. But I just have no interest in reading about a child groomer.

I mean, the book could be very good, but the subject matter isn't appealing to me.

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