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3.85 AVERAGE
3.85 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
emotional
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Une belle surprise, je ne m'attendais pas du tout à autant apprécier cette lecture !
adventurous
emotional
sad
slow-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
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
If there is ever an author that is easy to make abridged versions for, it is Victor Hugo. Just when the whole story is going to a point of climax and fast pace, he can pause all that to give you insight into the accountancy of the kingdom of France and the opinion of the King. I like a good lengthy book, but it has to have a reason to be lengthy, I want story telling, not detailed accounts of unimportant side events. Those things have to be woven into the plot and have a reason to be told.
That said, the book was nothing like I expected. I (like many) have been tainted with the Disney version before knowing there is a book. Let's be clear: the only thing the book and characters have in common is their names and to some extend their appearances. The characters are different from what I expected. The book also does not give the black and white differences as the movie does. I had pity with Claude Frollo, disgust for Phoebus and wanted to give Esmeralda a talking to regarding standing up for one self. All of these did not happen with the movie. I liked it, it had more dept. It has some classic fairytale twists.
That said, the book was nothing like I expected. I (like many) have been tainted with the Disney version before knowing there is a book. Let's be clear: the only thing the book and characters have in common is their names and to some extend their appearances. The characters are different from what I expected. The book also does not give the black and white differences as the movie does. I had pity with Claude Frollo, disgust for Phoebus and wanted to give Esmeralda a talking to regarding standing up for one self. All of these did not happen with the movie. I liked it, it had more dept. It has some classic fairytale twists.
It was interesting to read "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" after reading Victor Hugo's masterpiece "Les Miserables." I really enjoyed "Hunchback" but couldn't help but feel it was like reading "Les Miserables" light.
Central to the story is Notre Dame-- around which most of the action takes place. A corrupt priest, a gypsy girl with a counting goat and, of course, the hunchback in the title, are interesting (and at times frustrating) characters. The story moves long aside from Hugo's trademark digressions into French history.
I liked this book a lot, but if you're only going to read one book by Hugo in your lifetime, this isn't the one, of course!
Central to the story is Notre Dame-- around which most of the action takes place. A corrupt priest, a gypsy girl with a counting goat and, of course, the hunchback in the title, are interesting (and at times frustrating) characters. The story moves long aside from Hugo's trademark digressions into French history.
I liked this book a lot, but if you're only going to read one book by Hugo in your lifetime, this isn't the one, of course!
Dit boek is zo geweldig, zo echt geschreven dat woorden over de inhoud eigenlijk de magie teniet zouden doen. Notre Dame de Paris is een ode aan de kathedraal. Quasimodo, Claude Frollo, Esmeralda, Pierre Gringoire... Hun levens, hun lief en leed, bestond in dienst van die machtige kathedraal daar op het Ille de la Cité. Al die levens verbonden door één woord: noodlot.
Slow burn. Described the life of living in Paris and considering the that this was written with minimal knowledge or access of the 1450’s France makes this a work of art. You have intricate descriptions of the buildings and of the private lives that existed at the time. But the normal characters that we know of are hardly in it. The story moves well, and I have to say that if I had to read this for a class it would be a chore/ bore. But I chose it and got insights from it.