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hollyevaallen's review against another edition
4.0
3.5-4 stars. It feels almost *wrong* to rate the final volume of Proust considering it’s a classic that has so many elements that were fairly groundbreaking at the time. If I was rating this for its cultural value and innovation it’s be 5 stars. For my actual enjoyment it’s a 3.5 so I’m giving it 4. This volume is a culmination of everything that came before it and is a bit speedier than the other volumes.
nataalia_sanchez's review against another edition
challenging
relaxing
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
mcgreig's review against another edition
4.0
Enjoyed it and made me want to start reading the whole series all over again! However, I didn't have the same emotional response to it as I did to the beginning of the first book.
motifenjoyer's review against another edition
4.0
IT IS FINISHED!!!!!
will write more thoughts eventually but the haters said i couldn't do it!!
will write more thoughts eventually but the haters said i couldn't do it!!
blueyorkie's review against another edition
5.0
The moment I dreaded so much has finally arrived; this morning, after having laid my eyes for the premiere on the side of Swann's, I finished reading the seventh volume of the incredible masterpiece by Marcel Proust. Finally, everyone gets off at the terminus, the journey is over, and we have found the lost time.
Thus, time regained is the volume that closes the Research series. In a Paris overthrown by the First World War, the author reviews all the characters we have encountered throughout our reading. Some, like the charming Marquis de Saint-Loup, are dead; others are always the same; others have changed a lot, or maybe the world has changed. Oriane, the beautiful Duchess of Guermantes, has started associating with artists and becoming a new Marquise de Villeparisis. The new generations no longer know that she has long been the most famous woman. Most sought after in the capital, Madame Verdurin ("that insufferable old shrew" as I have often surprised myself calling her) has succeeded in marrying the Prince de Guermantes. Finally, what appears to be a stroke reduced the terrible Baron de Charlus to an almost childish state. In a word, war and time swept away the tremendous Parisian salons.
Now, when it comes time to give you my opinion on this volume and Research more generally, I feel that no praise is enough. I am still young, and after reading such a work, I fear being bored in my following readings, even with the most significant authors, as my father, who experienced it before me, predicted it for me.
Besides the extreme beauty of the sentences, by which one lets oneself easily be lulled, never during my readings, however already numerous, I had never met characters with such well-developed psychology. We are far from the stereotypical characters that we often encounter in novels. Each one here has its qualities and faults, evolving over the volumes.
This marvellous escapade in the salons of the end of the 19th century has often made me regret not having been born 150 years earlier than I would have liked to know this world!
Dear Mr Proust, I have only one word: Thank you!
Thus, time regained is the volume that closes the Research series. In a Paris overthrown by the First World War, the author reviews all the characters we have encountered throughout our reading. Some, like the charming Marquis de Saint-Loup, are dead; others are always the same; others have changed a lot, or maybe the world has changed. Oriane, the beautiful Duchess of Guermantes, has started associating with artists and becoming a new Marquise de Villeparisis. The new generations no longer know that she has long been the most famous woman. Most sought after in the capital, Madame Verdurin ("that insufferable old shrew" as I have often surprised myself calling her) has succeeded in marrying the Prince de Guermantes. Finally, what appears to be a stroke reduced the terrible Baron de Charlus to an almost childish state. In a word, war and time swept away the tremendous Parisian salons.
Now, when it comes time to give you my opinion on this volume and Research more generally, I feel that no praise is enough. I am still young, and after reading such a work, I fear being bored in my following readings, even with the most significant authors, as my father, who experienced it before me, predicted it for me.
Besides the extreme beauty of the sentences, by which one lets oneself easily be lulled, never during my readings, however already numerous, I had never met characters with such well-developed psychology. We are far from the stereotypical characters that we often encounter in novels. Each one here has its qualities and faults, evolving over the volumes.
This marvellous escapade in the salons of the end of the 19th century has often made me regret not having been born 150 years earlier than I would have liked to know this world!
Dear Mr Proust, I have only one word: Thank you!
kenningjp's review against another edition
5.0
Swan's Way is the probably the most read and Sodom and Gomorrah is a treasure trove for lovers of LGBTQ content by Time Regained is cognitive science and cognitive poetics in action. This volume gets inside of insights and reviews while also filling in some gaps.
davidallenkr's review against another edition
challenging
informative
reflective
relaxing
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
eufoeria's review against another edition
emotional
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
YASSSSSS I can't believe I finally finished!!!!!