She blamed herself because she felt she "teased" him (he also said this). They were alone in an abandoned house when he suggested she dance for him and when she did, he raped her. I read a story not too long ago about a young teenager who was raped by her boyfriend (it was a true story, and the book itself was her diary). I think that victims of rape and sexual assault are often afraid to label their experience as such largely because they're ashamed, they feel it's somehow their fault this shame and guilt is only magnified when they (or society) feels they're responsible either through supposed "consent", provocation, teasing, leading-on.
I would, and I honestly believe that was a point Nabokov wished to address. But I don't recommend spending money on it, maybe look for it at a used book store or the library. It was well written for a Young Adult novel, and interesting, to say the least. And then, it just ends, and the ending seems like a cop out, as though Mr.Nelson had other ideas planned but decided to just end it on a different note.Īll around, I give it a 3/5.
The story, suddenly, becomes very unrealistic and bizarre. It's when Mr.Mann leaves her and she goes crazy, I get a little put off. I like the style of how it's written and the characters are believable. The beginning of the book is really good. I don't want to give away to much to I'll leave it there. But out of the blue one day he tells her it's over and she goes crazy, stalking him, breaking into his apartment, doing everything to find out why he left her. He tells her he wants to marry her, etc etc. A few more months pass of them 'dating' and eventually he steals her v-card. As the months progress, he visits her at work, and talks with her alone during school, and somehow, he kisses her and they fall in love. The book is about a seventeen- year-old girl, Carolina, who finds herself crushing hard on her Poetry teacher, Mr.Mann. I finally got around to reading it last night, and I have very mixed feelings about it. Generally, I do not find myself in the young adult section of any bookstore, but over the holidays I was looking for a gift for a friend, when I noticed this book.
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