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m1neava's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Stalking, Violence, Racial slurs, Religious bigotry, Xenophobia, Ableism, Bullying, and Classism
ronja234's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Moderate: Death, Fire/Fire injury, Racism, Violence, Classism, and Hate crime
maiahhtratchh's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.75
Graphic: Misogyny, Classism, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Abandonment, Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Murder, Death, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Racial slurs, Racism, and Xenophobia
Moderate: Cannibalism
Harmful racialized tropesseapotatohowisitalrtaken's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Stalking, Kidnapping, Sexual content, Violence, Grief, Abandonment, Gore, Bullying, Toxic relationship, Murder, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Blood, Self harm, Physical abuse, Toxic friendship, Mental illness, and Ableism
Moderate: Emotional abuse and Racism
sarasreading's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
About halfway through it finally started picking up, and it became a mostly unputdownable book for me, which was a lovely surprise!
Other things that were a surprise:
1. Playwrite marries the prettiest girl in Paris, literally only cares about her goat and basically elopes with it by the end, leaving the 16 year old in the clutches of a total pedo.
2. Phoebus was a bigger douchebag than Frollo, change my mind. At least Frollo was mildly conflicted. "Oh she's been charged for my murder but had nothing to do with the attack I'm still totally alive and well? Eh, let her hang I guess, not my problem." -Phoebus probably.
3. The battle scene in front of the Notre Dame was wild. Probably said "holy crap!" out loud like 7 times.
4. This book is a huge bummer. Towards the end you hope and hope, and then it guts you.
If the first half of the book was much shorter, it would be a 4-4.5 star read for me. I know he was trying to get people to care about older gothic architecture, and the churches specifically, which is probably why we still have the Notre Dame today. So good on him and all, but in the 21st century it's a total snooze fest lol
Graphic: Classism, Confinement, Pedophilia, Racism, Sexual harassment, Violence, and Ableism
Moderate: Torture and Animal death
masha__me's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Religious bigotry, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Grief, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Blood, Confinement, Self harm, Stalking, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Gore, Death, Murder, Toxic relationship, and Rape
Moderate: Classism, Fire/Fire injury, Ableism, Hate crime, Incest, Physical abuse, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Bullying
Minor: Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, and Infidelity
upthestairs's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, Pedophilia, Torture, and Religious bigotry
Moderate: Death, Toxic relationship, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Sexual harassment, Sexism, Murder, Misogyny, Hate crime, Death of parent, Gore, Classism, Blood, Alcohol, and Adult/minor relationship
Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, and Sexual content
seullywillikers's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
At times I wasn't sure if the author was denouncing all the above-mentioned isms, or agreeing with them. Maybe both, for different things? I'm not sure. I'll give this a star rating to reflect my enjoyment of the reading, and not so much to reflect that it is a classic. When reading stories like this I try to maintain cultural relativism-it is not my time, my culture, my society, therefore I can't judge it the same way I would my contemporary stories, even as I disagree with so much of the wrongs of that time and place.
Ultimately, I'm glad to have read it.
Graphic: Abandonment, Colonisation, Kidnapping, Xenophobia, Suicide, Antisemitism, Classism, Death, Racism, Ableism, Body shaming, Violence, Misogyny, and Sexual assault