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3.85 AVERAGE
3.85 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Hate crime, Racism, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Classism
adventurous
challenging
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
“O olhar perdia -se durante muito tempo nas profundezas daquele labirinto onde tudo tinha a sua originalidade, a sua razão de ser, o seu génio, a sua beleza , onde tudo tinha que ver com a arte (...)”
“Notre -Dame de Paris “ foi um dos primeiros romances escritos por Victor Hugo . O autor , a partir desta obra , pretendeu abrir perspectivas sobre a arte na Idade Média( finais do século XV) . Tal como nos “Miseráveis “ Victor Hugo retrata , indiretamente , os efeitos da Revolução Francesa ( século XIX) para este livro , neste caso na arquitetura .
My initial impressions: 1) Oh my God, get to the point [this finally happened around page 275] 2) What a wretched choice for a Disney movie 3) I literally don't like anybody in this book 4)I suppose I'm glad I read this, but just the once.
Really, the only thing I liked about this book was the prose. The story itself was brutal, both in the drama as well as the general slog in just reading the story itself. I enjoyed none of the characters, they were self-interested, often evil, people who often acted irrationally. I was happiest when done with the book, knowing I would never have to read it again.
Seriously, Disney-what were you thinking? I suppose you just borrowed the title and character names, and virtually none of the story, but still. Poo on you.
Really, the only thing I liked about this book was the prose. The story itself was brutal, both in the drama as well as the general slog in just reading the story itself. I enjoyed none of the characters, they were self-interested, often evil, people who often acted irrationally. I was happiest when done with the book, knowing I would never have to read it again.
Seriously, Disney-what were you thinking? I suppose you just borrowed the title and character names, and virtually none of the story, but still. Poo on you.
Well that was sad. I really enjoyed this book. Great story, very well told. My only gripe were the 3 or 4 chapters where Victor Hugo felt the need to leave the story alone for a while and go into far too much detail about Paris in the 1400's (every street name, every bridge name...) or in the worst case he ranted on about the printing press killing off great architecture - it was a real effort to get through that chapter!
Apart from that though I really enjoyed it. I even liked how the characters were quite over the top in their reactions - something goes wrong and a character starts pulling out tufts of their hair or beating their head against a wall. No-one I know ever does that! All the high drama works well though.
I also was surprised there was less focus on poor Quasimodo than expected. The main character was much more either Claude Frollo or Notre Dame.
Anyway a great read!
Apart from that though I really enjoyed it. I even liked how the characters were quite over the top in their reactions - something goes wrong and a character starts pulling out tufts of their hair or beating their head against a wall. No-one I know ever does that! All the high drama works well though.
I also was surprised there was less focus on poor Quasimodo than expected. The main character was much more either Claude Frollo or Notre Dame.
Anyway a great read!
challenging
dark
emotional
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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Pedophilia, Torture, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Sexual harassment
Minor: Misogyny, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
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
challenging
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
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.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Xenophobia, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Murder, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Classism
Moderate: Cannibalism
Harmful racialized tropes
Beautiful.
Les Miserables is my favorite work of fiction and I love Disney's version of this story, so I had high expectations. Not all of them were met, mostly because the depth of his message wasn't as obvious as it is in Les Mis, but I absolutely appreciate what this story offers. The characters are everything to the story, and it's cool that Paris and the cathedral are two of those characters.
It's interesting how different most of the characters are from their Disney adaptations. I love Esmeralda still; I love her sweetness and her never-closed heart and her sense of innocence in all things. Quasimodo is so interesting and his experience probably broke my heart the most. I can't help liking Pierre even though he's an idiot. Frollo is so freaking evil, but in a way that displays the twisted and destructive thought patterns religiousity can plant in people. And yeah I hate Phoebus.
Hugo is an expert at social commentary, and the scenes featuring the king and his men tell us so much about why the society these characters live in runs the way it does. The people in general had a sickness about them; the story explores players, victims, and outliers of that system.
Les Miserables is my favorite work of fiction and I love Disney's version of this story, so I had high expectations. Not all of them were met, mostly because the depth of his message wasn't as obvious as it is in Les Mis, but I absolutely appreciate what this story offers. The characters are everything to the story, and it's cool that Paris and the cathedral are two of those characters.
It's interesting how different most of the characters are from their Disney adaptations. I love Esmeralda still; I love her sweetness and her never-closed heart and her sense of innocence in all things. Quasimodo is so interesting and his experience probably broke my heart the most. I can't help liking Pierre even though he's an idiot. Frollo is so freaking evil, but in a way that displays the twisted and destructive thought patterns religiousity can plant in people. And yeah I hate Phoebus.
Hugo is an expert at social commentary, and the scenes featuring the king and his men tell us so much about why the society these characters live in runs the way it does. The people in general had a sickness about them; the story explores players, victims, and outliers of that system.
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-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