keatsratbaby 's review for:

In Search of Lost Time by Marcel Proust

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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beautiful and funny in equal measure for the first ~3800 pages as he paints the past as this sort of paradise. towards the end of #7 he drops "the only true paradises are the paradises we have lost", and deconstructs the illusion into the book's end. the most perfect little (BIG !) thing ever made, and i don't know what to do with myself now.