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4.06 AVERAGE
4.06 AVERAGE
challenging
reflective
relaxing
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
challenging
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
challenging
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
this book was suggested by colleagues that we would all read this together. i got derailed by many things but ended up finally finishing. it never would have read it on my own. im glad i did, although i don't think this book is as good as the hype (although i don't intend to read the rest of the series to find out). i enjoyed the first part of the book when the narrator was a young boy. The famous madeleine scene was not as amazing as i thought, but that early part of the book was anyway very beautiful and flowing and rhythmic, it felt like riding a train with the countryside gently slipping by.
the next part of the book about Combray was more tedious and hard to get through. the next part, about Swann and Odette was amusing and interesting. Though, again, toward the end of that section it also got very tedious. The last part of the story came back to the narrator and offered some interesting insights, and then certainly left things open to make a patient reader curious to go on to the next series. I think i will move on to something else however.
the next part of the book about Combray was more tedious and hard to get through. the next part, about Swann and Odette was amusing and interesting. Though, again, toward the end of that section it also got very tedious. The last part of the story came back to the narrator and offered some interesting insights, and then certainly left things open to make a patient reader curious to go on to the next series. I think i will move on to something else however.
lighthearted
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I don’t have much good to say about Swann’s Way. I understand the looking back at one’s past and the senses and emotions that evokes but geez this was a drag.
challenging
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Makes you really think about your everyday things. It's almost like a book on psychology!
This is my first experience of reading Marcel Proust and not being educated in literature at higher levels of learning was the most challenging read for me to date, "Swann's Way" volume one of Marcel Proust's 7 volume work of "In Search of Lost Time" starts out in a first person narrative and when coming to the chapter on "Swann's in love" I get the sense of a transition to a narrative but it's not and when that comes to light I am some what baffled, In describing M, Swann and his relationship with Odette, even the most minute details of their relationship is written in such an intimate way that it caused me great confusion, Proust's descriptions of even the most common of objects involves all of the reader's senses, Beautifully written, it is not a novel that should be quickly read if that is possible because there is much that would not only be missed by doing so as quite a good portion appears to be a reading between the lines, I am not familiar with certain aspects of a writer such as Proust, he writes one thing and it is has a different meaning exp. The phrase "to do a cattleya" is used as a playful euphemism for amorous fondling by the characters Odette and Swann in Marcel Proust's Remembrance of Things Past. I am looking forward to reading the complete work but I am going to spread it over several months.
Reading Proust is like a meditation! He has this way of slowing down time and letting you dive deep into every nuance of thought, memory, and sensation. Reading him feels like training yourself to notice the quiet, fleeting moments of life that often go unnoticed. It’s a different kind of engagement, almost like you’re savoring each sentence.
do you really expect me to write a review of this brick ? i like it though the bits i dont get dizzy reading its like you read three pages really quick and then you go whaaaaat what the fuck just happened ? life said marcel