Reviews with content warning for Death - Der Glöckner von Notre-Dame

I’ve always wondered how this book got turned into a Disney movie and passed all the different layers of people to become produced… and then I read it. There is no way ANY sane person can get through and read this book. It made me feel illiterate. I don’t know what happened. Supposedly a chapter was not in the original publication and was viewed at the time to not add anything to the story… honestly that could be ANY of the chapters. I’ll stick to the Disney movie and musical from now on.

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seapotatohowisitalrtaken's review against another edition

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dark emotional funny reflective sad tense

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

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viviuhler's review against another edition

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dark reflective sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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sbookybrain's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional informative reflective fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

4.0

Ich bin beeindruckt. Obwohl das Buch, das im Mittelalter spielt, vor zwei Jahrhunderten geschrieben wurde, war (zugegebenermaßen wider Erwarten) die Sprache sehr angenehm zu lesen und aufgrund ironischer Bemerkungen des Autors und sehr gewandter Ausdrucksweise teilweise richtig amüsant. Soviel zur Sprache. Viktor Hugo hat es hervorragend geschafft, einen Roman aus verschiedenen Perspektiven und anfangs sehr unterschiedlichen Habdlungssträngen zu flechten und dabei auch noch historische Betrachtungen und Fakten sowie breite Informationen über die Architektur der Zeit, in der die Geschichte spielt, einfließen zu lassen. So gab es immer wieder Pausen in der Handlung, was die Spannung, wie es weitergehen könnte, erhöht hat und außerdem ein tieferes Verständnis für das Mittelalter in Paris mitgegeben hat.

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cambrand's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

4.25

Hugo's "Notre-Dame de Paris" is the first French Romantic novel and a great representation of it. The original title represents the story better than "The Hunchback of Notre-Dame", given the the cathedral is the real center point and symbol of his novel rather than Quasimodo. A great illustration of middle-ages France - its people, politics, religion, and architecture. If you're reading this book based on the Disney's movie, you might be disappointed. Knocking off a star because of the mixed narration in the book that shifts from novel to almost essay-like in some chapters.

I'm sorry to say Frollo is actually the most interesting character and Esmeralda is actually painfully boring and mildly infuriating. Phoebus isn't a knight in shining armor and Quasimodo is somehow both heroic and pathetic.

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challenging dark emotional funny informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

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