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3.85 AVERAGE
3.85 AVERAGE
adventurous
emotional
sad
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
Everyone knows about Notre-Dame de Paris — we've all seen some Disney adaptation or childhood cartoons with Quasimodo and Esmeralda. That was pretty much the mindset I had when I started reading the novel... And wow, how wrong I was. Looking back, I realize just how far off I was in my ignorance. All I can say now is that the novel truly deserves its reputation as a timeless classic.
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
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
To say that reading this book was tedious would be an understatement. I found only one chapter interesting, a couple of chapters were okay, but the rest was unnecessarily verbose drudgery. I found it really difficult to stay focused, and in fact, had to put it down for a few months and come back to it. The descriptions of Paris were too dark and detailed for my taste, and there wasn't a single likable, sympathetic, or even interesting character. Maybe if I had read it 200 years ago, when it was written, my response would have been different. But, as it is, I'm just glad it's over.
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Not that into it and reading at break need a more exciting story may revisit in different format
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
slow-paced
challenging
emotional
medium-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
A terribly appropriate read, especially on the RER to and from Chessy and Paris. The only context I had for this was the Disney film and musical...and there are aspects of the novel that are neglected, obviously, that I thoroughly enjoyed--the historical approach to architecture, some of Frollo's wild behavior (and no doubt he is TERRIFYING in this), but there's a lot more humanity and darkness to the other adaptations that I actually prefer. But my first foray with Hugo, and while there are absolutely traces of the era (yikes), I found it a pretty enjoyable read.
dark
emotional
sad
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
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