4.27k reviews for:

Les Misérables

Victor Hugo

4.16 AVERAGE

janna1800's review against another edition

4.75

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad 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

amber_unabridged's review against another edition

4.0

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I'm still not going to read abridged books, but I'd have loved this more if Hugo had had an editor.

kuropigeon's review against another edition

5.0

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“This book is a drama whose main character is the infinite.
Man is the secondary character.”
—Part II, Book VII, Chapter I.

A dof like me could devour this monstrous volume only with that in mind.

Such a monumental book so powerfully written. I enjoyed it thorougly in spite of its length, its redundancy in the attempts to elucidate a sole point, and its admittedly horrendously tedious recurrent and extensive digressions (which was more overwhelming than how Melville had done with Moby-Dick and Cervantes with Don Quixote).

I loved Victor Hugo’s Les Misérables like I loved Charles Dickens’ works.

notpancakee's review against another edition

5.0

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لا حروف ولا كلمات يمكنها وصف هذا العمل الكلاسيكي الذي قد أتفق الجميع على قوة تأثيره على مجتمع القراء والكتّاب!
فالتسلسل، والأحداث، والشخصيات، وعامل التشويق، والبناء جميعها كانت على مستوى قريب من الكمال -فالكمال لله- مما جعل هذه الرواية من النُدَر!

leakelaurel's review against another edition

5.0

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This book is always a favorite of mine. In times of chaos like these, it helps to reread an old comforting classic.

janet_haviland's review against another edition

4.0

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

mchayes101's review against another edition

4.0

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It is a shame when something is all but perfect. The heart in these characters, their pain, and this story is immeasurable. If the story had perhaps been awarded an editor before its initial publishing, it would likely BE perfect. But it's too long (it took me 7 months to read), the tangents are too great, and what is truly a profound work of art gets lost in the meandering paragraphs and lengthy rants. I was skipping entire chapters just to find where the story was going to resume. But, the book did what books intend to do; it made me FEEL, and I commend Hugo for that.

eden110's review against another edition

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It's a great book ngl but i just wanna ask my middle school teacher why would you make a 10 year old read this. I couldn't get over it for weeks and I cried whenever I got reminded of it.

nikki2309's review against another edition

3.0

informative reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

lemon_drop's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous emotional reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated