King, Queen, Knave Audiobook

" Started out really good but took a turn about halfway through that didn't engage me. "

" Maybe it's chauvinistic provincialism on my part, but I find Nabokov less interesting when his stories take place in foreign countries. I just didn't find this novel as enjoyable as his later American books. Maybe the humor doesn't travel well, but there were times when this book was a slog to get through. "

" Got off to a fantastic start. Fizzled a bit toward the end though... "

" Nabokov's shimmering but bottomlessly deep prose makes this book a gem on its own. It frames brilliantly the unavoidable dialectic of the aggressively conventional and normative (in Martha and, though her, the obedient Franz) against the whimsical, curious, and creative in Dreyer. Deeply disturbingly, it does this mainly through the eyes of the side I know I always root against. For that alone I feel as if it will hold a place in my mind forever whenever that opposition occurs to me. Characteristically of Nabokov, it's delightful, unsettling, and very rewarding to read. "

" Unfortunately, his son's translations are all pretty awful. "

" One of my all time favorite books, throughly entertaining! "

" Fun in the duration of reading, but already fading from memory - unmeaningful, unmemorable. "

" A quick read but a fun and somewhat typical Russian story of love, adultery, and mischief. A soap opera told with a better vocabulary than daytime TV. "

" This is by far my favorite Nabokov novel. Extremely descriptive and instantly captures you. "

" Not what I expected, after reading Ada, Or Ardor, but still a very enjoyable read. "

" Although I didn't enjoy this as much as other Nabokov books I've read, it's still a good read. Nabokov captures scenes and emotions so effortlessly, especially self-destructive obsession. He examines the (always) desperate human condition. Nihlistic. "

" the way Nabokov strings the metaphors made me reread most pages 2 or 3 times... enjoyed it a lot! "

" un fel de roman politist, scris ca la carte, dupa reteta, si din cauza asta cam simplist in idea sa. sau poate atat de clar ca pare simplist. dar i-a oferit lui nabokov ocazia de a se delecta cu jocurile de cuvinte. savuros. citit intr-o noapte si cateva ore pe plaja. "

" Nabokov is a genius. I've waited to long. "

" it's a little hard to get through, but it is a beautifully written book. love nabokov! "

" the ending was a little Anathem-esque! "

" Another amazing Russian writer. This is one of his earlier stories. At times it is just brilliant, but you can definitely see him expanding as a writer here. "

" This is probably my least favorite Nabokov novel. Still gets four stars though. "

" I remember that I geberally enjoy Nabokov's writing, although I forget the particulars of this book. "

" Oh Vladi, how I love your heavenly gift for prose. Guess you could say this is sort of like "if Nabokov did Double Indemnity in his own wonderful way." "

" J'ai beaucoup apprécié le style, mais moins l'histoire, d'où le 2 étoiles (entre 2 et 3 dirais-je) "

" It's probably not the best place to start with Nabokov, but it's a strange, funny book. Some plot issues aside, it's also further proof that Nabokov writes better at the sentence level than almost anyone else out there. "

" One of my all time favorite books, throughly entertaining! "

" really great book about a rich german couple. The man's nephew comes to work for him and ends up having an awesome affair with his aunt. "

" Not Nabokov's best.....despite an attempt to re-write in his later years, this one would have been better off staying in the archives. "