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I won’t lie. Half the time I have literally no idea what is going on. But it all adds up to a general atmosphere of wistful, macabre curiosity that explains its place in the horror canon. I think I’m about ready to wrap this old boy up. I might push through in the immediate future, or else let this update hang mockingly over my head for a long while. My hammock sways gently in the breeze. Is tonight the night?

I’m having fun with this one even as I grit my teeth through the ten thousandth simile. But I feel tired, like I’m home from a long shift at work. It’s annoying, like a fork scratching a plate. It’s almost unsettling, like locking eyes with a billy goat through the slit of a battered fence. I find myself frustrated, like an audiobook listener just trying to find out what happens next in the fucking story.

Ms. De Winter, are you an oboe? ‘Cause you’re getting played be a really weird dude

Found the audiobook on Hoopla. Let’s fucking goooooooooooooo!

I don’t know if I can finish this fucked up book. I’ll probably push through just to cross it off my list. But boy is Jeremy Irons a great narrator.

Incredibly disturbing but boy, does Nabokov’s beautiful writing combined with Jeremy Iron’s undeniable charisma as a narrator make for a powerful listening experience.