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which is the most unique/different book you ever read? (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) by NokkR6@lemmy.world to c/books@lemmy.world

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Hey guys! I'm looking for new books and i just love books with a unique format. Can be plot, writing style or even cover. My most unique reads were battle royale and horrostor. What are yours? Edit: just remember invisible monsters by Chuck Palanhiuk! Another unique book.

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[–] Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

I think that would probably be Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov, although I haven't finished it.

I've never read anything quite as horrible or with a unreliable narrator that justifies his behaviour this hard. The story keeps getting worse too. There's no clear hope for a long stretch.

If you don't know the narrator, Humbert Humbert, is the pedophile who goes after the twelve year old Dolores Haze, whom he calls Lolita.

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He grooms her, gets her mom killed, and basically traffics her around.

Can be read here: https://online.fliphtml5.com/unwsfj/Lolita---Vladimir-Nabokov/

[–] NokkR6@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

Its a pretty dark book. Added to my tbr.