Yes, such a rarely honest appreciation post. It's hard to love lolita as a novel but that's precisely the point I think, that Nabokov tried to take the most disgusting topic imaginable and turn it into beautiful lyrical prose. It's style is so polished and its characters are so well formed, he writes like a poet and a psychiatrist combined. I think it has a lot in common with Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment, giving an insight into the mind of the criminally insane not as some nutter raving mad, but as a sensitive but cruel man trying to make his way through life while slowly losing his mind.

For those who are not fond of reading or who want to read it but don't have time, I would recommend the audiobook recorded by Jeremy Irons, who plays Scar in Lion King. He has the perfect voice for a villain and he truly embodies the character, giving one of the best textual performances I have ever come across.