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He includes a link explaining why he likes Lolita. The only reason you don't know is because you didn't click the link and try to learn.

Or is "idk" your considered reply to the 7 page review?

> Idk why people say they like Lolita.

Why not read the pdf Pinker linked to then [0]. It's a very interesting psycho-analysis of a fictional character.

[0] https://www.dropbox.com/s/3y1c9mbe8x1v51y/Brown%20Lolita%20R...

You could argue that Pinker too is a pop-science writer.

Unless you have training and experience in the specific topic area, you probably won’t get much out of a “real” science book. We all need pop science.

(There’s good and bad pop science, of course, just as with anything else.)

Well, it would be extraordinarily difficult to argue that he is only, or even primarily, a pop-science writer. If you take a look at his CV you see that he is clearly an expert in his field with plenty of work directed at scientific audience:

https://stevenpinker.com/files/pinker/files/cv_steven_pinker...

There's an annotated version of Lolita that might help you understand its richness [1].

FWIW, Wikipedia states (with source) that "Many authors consider it the greatest novel of the 20th century".

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-679-7272...