>>24554379
I don't know if you sympathize with him as in "omg he's literally me" but he doesn't come off as a totally selfish monster because he's the narrator, aka the voice in your head as you read, and he can be charming and funny. If it was written like "That little bitch was fucking hot and I wanted to fuck her right there in front her mom. Nah mean?" Even though if you distill the narrative that's all it was about really. You wouldn't be lulled into reading more and taking the ride.

Charming people who project glamour and sophistication but secretly just wanna fuck prepubescent girls and boys because they're evil or traumatized and broken inside themselves can get away with a lot if people around them fall for the illusion. And these people fall for the illusion themselves in a way if they themselves were traumatized and had a fucked up childhood. Lolita's real name in the book was Dolores Haze aka a dolorous haze aka a painful nostalgia. Nabokov was clearly the opposite of a retard. Few people can play with their native language with that much skill and have that much insight into human nature.