If you dare crawl into the twisted mind of an unapologetic psychopath, you can enjoy the art this book produces. The book is full of poetic descriptions of motels, America, Europe, little girls and his train of thought is so delusional that it's laughable. Humbert manipulates the reader of this book into thinking like him, he uses language and poetry to romanticize the way he treats Lolita and his self-delusion is sometimes changed to complete awareness of the horror he's putting Lolita through, and the second you notice he's aware of it, something snaps inside of you and the book turns from being a twisted, poetic comedy to pure insanity. 
 Lolita herself does not have a big share of dialogue in the book, but when she opens her mouth it's heart breaking how aware she is of her situation and you hope she can find some solace somehow. 
 Regardless of the horrible subject this book deals with, it is so beautifully written that everyone should read it and probably one of the reasons why this book is still so widely read decennia after its publication. 
 The book & the reception in general also says something about literature in general; reviews state that they found themselves sympathizing with the character and then suddenly snapping out of it as they realized they had gone too deep inside his mind. It proves a point about art, that no matter the subject matter, art can be so powerful that it literally manipulates completely mental healthy people into becoming a pedophile for 350 pages.