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3.85 AVERAGE
3.85 AVERAGE
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!
dark
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
One day I too am going to write a book and intersperse the story with essays wherein I just write about topics about which I have strong feelings.
adventurous
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
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:
Complicated
dark
emotional
sad
slow-paced
This novel is far from the version of the disney movie, the novel is way more dark and tragic but I still highly recommend it. There is some dull moments though and takes a while until the (true) story Begins. But Notre Dame is my favorite building in Paris so offcourse I have to like this ;)
The hunchback of Notre Dame get a 8.7/10 stars.
The hunchback of Notre Dame get a 8.7/10 stars.
dark
emotional
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced