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3.85 AVERAGE
3.85 AVERAGE
What a sad and heartbreaking tale! It is really hard to relate to the characters but you can still feel his pain deeply. This was a pretty depressing story, not something for a little pleasure reading.
dark
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
A very good book. Hugo has a very unique way of writing which somehow successfully weaves a dark story with witty humor and lengthy discussions of architecture. The book's main flaw in my eyes is that its detached narrative style made it a little hard for me to connect with the characters.
adventurous
dark
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Started and finished date - 21.05.25 to 22.05.25.
My rating - Three Stars.
I pick is book because I want to see how different it was to Disney hunchback of notre dame and I think people who like the phantom of the opera by Gaston Leroux would like is book. The cover of book was okay. The writing was okay but it took some time used to also the ending of book was okay. The atmosphere pretty good. The paced of plot was well structured and steady paced. The characters was okay but they found bit boring and they needed to flash out bit more
My rating - Three Stars.
I pick is book because I want to see how different it was to Disney hunchback of notre dame and I think people who like the phantom of the opera by Gaston Leroux would like is book. The cover of book was okay. The writing was okay but it took some time used to also the ending of book was okay. The atmosphere pretty good. The paced of plot was well structured and steady paced. The characters was okay but they found bit boring and they needed to flash out bit more
dark
emotional
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
sad
slow-paced
challenging
dark
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
:(
(I liked les mis a lot better.)
(I can’t believe there’s a Disney adaptation of this.)
(My heaaart I knew the actual beats of the plot but it’s even woooorse than I thought.)
I ought to give it 4 stars, it Broke me in awful ways, but I skipped too much book to actually rate it as such. I fear I skimmed the asides for the sake of the plot, which is very good and very heartbreaking.
(I liked les mis a lot better.)
(I can’t believe there’s a Disney adaptation of this.)
(My heaaart I knew the actual beats of the plot but it’s even woooorse than I thought.)
I ought to give it 4 stars, it Broke me in awful ways, but I skipped too much book to actually rate it as such. I fear I skimmed the asides for the sake of the plot, which is very good and very heartbreaking.
slow-paced
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
What a book! Hugo’s writing is powerful, moving, and genuinely SWEEPING. He tries to capture all of society, from the lowest outcast to the Church and the military and even the literal King of France, in a haunting Gothic tale of doomed love focused on characters and events swirling around one location: Notre Dame de Paris. Yes, the cathedral is maybe the main character of the book, but that’s not to say the other characters aren’t mind blowingly fantastic. Claude Frollo - the devil. Phoebus - the literal worst. Quasimodo - my heart breaks for him. Esmeralda - tbh one of the dumbest and most annoying characters ever. Gringoire and Djali - hilarious and the best. And on and on, such a wonderful and terrifying and beloved and detestable cast of characters.
I actually have never seen the Disney movie, but this book is TRAGIC. In the Shakespearean sense. A towering, terrifying, haunting, beautiful work of Romanticism — it is so dark, but also so funny, so informative, and moving. I just read the synopsis of the Disney movie because after the end of the book I thought “now how on earth did they think this was appropriate for children??” Apparently the movie barely has anything to do with what happens in the book. Shame, because this is a great one, though certainly no Disney movie!
I actually have never seen the Disney movie, but this book is TRAGIC. In the Shakespearean sense. A towering, terrifying, haunting, beautiful work of Romanticism — it is so dark, but also so funny, so informative, and moving. I just read the synopsis of the Disney movie because after the end of the book I thought “now how on earth did they think this was appropriate for children??” Apparently the movie barely has anything to do with what happens in the book. Shame, because this is a great one, though certainly no Disney movie!