I've had enough of this book series.... Volume one I enjoyed. Even volume two was interesting. But it just goes on and on and on and nothing happens in volumes three four and five. It has not been a fun read. Sure some passages are really thought provoking and beautiful but it is surrounded by so much inconsequential stuff that I don't care. In this volume the first 250 pages are so is just the narrator thinking about how jealous and suspicious he is of his girlfriend... even though he is pretty sure that he doesn't even love her. The next 150 pages is just the narrator talking about his friends lives which is boring because they are all pretty unlikable and are mean to each other. The last 150 pages or so is just him and his girlfriend arguing and finally breaking up. I'm dreading the last two volumes... C+. On a side note the book mentions both War and Peace and Crime and Punishment.
Thursday, June 4, 2015
Book # 48 Remembrance of Things Past (Part 5 of 7)- The Captive by Marcel Proust
I've had enough of this book series.... Volume one I enjoyed. Even volume two was interesting. But it just goes on and on and on and nothing happens in volumes three four and five. It has not been a fun read. Sure some passages are really thought provoking and beautiful but it is surrounded by so much inconsequential stuff that I don't care. In this volume the first 250 pages are so is just the narrator thinking about how jealous and suspicious he is of his girlfriend... even though he is pretty sure that he doesn't even love her. The next 150 pages is just the narrator talking about his friends lives which is boring because they are all pretty unlikable and are mean to each other. The last 150 pages or so is just him and his girlfriend arguing and finally breaking up. I'm dreading the last two volumes... C+. On a side note the book mentions both War and Peace and Crime and Punishment.
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