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3.85 AVERAGE
3.85 AVERAGE
Very difficult to get into, I started it multiple times before I ever actually started it and finished it, however once you make it over that hump, it’s so worth it!
emotional
informative
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
I enjoyed this book however the long meandering ramblings about architecture really bogged down the story. Sorry Victor Hugo but descriptions of Gothic architecture are simply not for everyone!
Also, I found the timeline very confusing as the story is set in the 15th century yet the narrator would continually reference things from the 19th and it just completely pulled me out of the story and got annoying.
Speaking of annoying Pierre Gringorie is the most useless and boring character in the whole book and when he was pleading to King Louis XI to not execute him I was hoping that the King would so that I wouldn't have to read about him or his love for Djali the Goat anymore.
When the story focused on Esmeralda, Quasimodo and Frollo it was brilliant but when it didn't it was just boring and tedious to read. Honestly the first 100 pages could have been omitted in my opinion as they added nothing to the story and I felt like Hugo could have toned down the appreciation for architecture. We get it, big building pretty, get over it!
Overall, a solid 3/5 stars!
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Also, I found the timeline very confusing as the story is set in the 15th century yet the narrator would continually reference things from the 19th and it just completely pulled me out of the story and got annoying.
Speaking of annoying Pierre Gringorie is the most useless and boring character in the whole book and when he was pleading to King Louis XI to not execute him I was hoping that the King would so that I wouldn't have to read about him or his love for Djali the Goat anymore.
When the story focused on Esmeralda, Quasimodo and Frollo it was brilliant but when it didn't it was just boring and tedious to read. Honestly the first 100 pages could have been omitted in my opinion as they added nothing to the story and I felt like Hugo could have toned down the appreciation for architecture. We get it, big building pretty, get over it!
Overall, a solid 3/5 stars!
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"When you get an idea into your head you find it in everything."
Pinche coraje que traigo atorado desde que terminé este libro, nunca vi la película de Disney y cuando terminé este libro empecé a verla… nunca la terminé. En fin, que el coraje viene por el maldito de Claude Frollo ¡Por dios! Que hombre tan detestable, además ¿Estamos todos de acuerdo, y por si en la película no terminaba de quedar claro, que a Frollo le gustaba Esmeralda? ¿Verdad? ¡Qué asco! No que no me guste una buena historia de romance, pero esto es frustrante.
Que un archidiácono se enamore de una gitana y que se obsesione tanto con ella es creepy y suena más como un thriller, además que después de haber leído el libro me da mucha rabia todo lo que hizo este hombre con tal de obtener a una mujer, como si fuera un objeto, llegar a tanto de, además de manipularla y maltratarla, acusarla de todo lo malo que le pasa, que feliz estoy de que al final lo hayan tirado de Notre-Dame.
Me encantó el libro, la historia perversa y retorcida de la ambición, el amor no correspondido, el abandono, los estereotipos, el racismo y los prejuicios es muy poderosa. Un final trágico y una trama maravillosa, además creo que este libro fue prohibido por la iglesia en esas épocas pasadas junto con Los Miserables, que tengo pendiente, por lo cual era otra razón de peso para leerla.
Pinche coraje que traigo atorado desde que terminé este libro, nunca vi la película de Disney y cuando terminé este libro empecé a verla… nunca la terminé. En fin, que el coraje viene por el maldito de Claude Frollo ¡Por dios! Que hombre tan detestable, además ¿Estamos todos de acuerdo, y por si en la película no terminaba de quedar claro, que a Frollo le gustaba Esmeralda? ¿Verdad? ¡Qué asco! No que no me guste una buena historia de romance, pero esto es frustrante.
Que un archidiácono se enamore de una gitana y que se obsesione tanto con ella es creepy y suena más como un thriller, además que después de haber leído el libro me da mucha rabia todo lo que hizo este hombre con tal de obtener a una mujer, como si fuera un objeto, llegar a tanto de, además de manipularla y maltratarla, acusarla de todo lo malo que le pasa, que feliz estoy de que al final lo hayan tirado de Notre-Dame.
Me encantó el libro, la historia perversa y retorcida de la ambición, el amor no correspondido, el abandono, los estereotipos, el racismo y los prejuicios es muy poderosa. Un final trágico y una trama maravillosa, además creo que este libro fue prohibido por la iglesia en esas épocas pasadas junto con Los Miserables, que tengo pendiente, por lo cual era otra razón de peso para leerla.
"The Hunchback of Notre-Dame" reminded me of "The Phantom of The Opera"; their style is similar, only the story is different. This book triggers other social issues, probably that is one of the reasons I liked it. The last pages of this book were...hard. I stayed up till 4 am last night finishing it. I am only telling you, it was worth it.
Once again, I was left heartbroken.
The only reason I am not rating 5 stars is that it was pretty tough for me, at least.
Once again, I was left heartbroken.
The only reason I am not rating 5 stars is that it was pretty tough for me, at least.
didnt finish becuas e i was reading it on the internet not as a physical book and it turns out i dont like doing that also it was very old and i am not very good at french so i dont think it was a very good first book to read in french maybe i will read it properly when i am older and clevererer
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