theremightbecupcakes's Reviews (2.86k)

Impossible to follow footnotes (just unlinked asterisks at the end of the book, with no reference back to their source, and the same method was used to delineate changed names, so the whole setup was quite confusing) plus an agenda. That agenda was written, in neon letters, “the inspiration was a secret and I found it!”, which the author has to admit isn’t true in either part; Nabokov had nothing to hide, and others discovered the connection first. Yet she harps what he was hiding to the very end. Authors are inspired by real life constantly; it’s a normal process, and to not blatantly discuss is considerate to the parties involved. There’s no conspiracy, and nothing to discover. The only person exploiting Sally Horner is this author.