Reviews - The Hunchback of Notre-Dame

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The Hunchback of Notre-Dame

Victor Hugo

3.85 AVERAGE

ufuks's review against another edition

3.5

emotional sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

tina_ellison's review against another edition

5.0

Quasi throws Jehan off the roof. Quasi pushes Frollo off the roof. Phoebus lives an eternally unhappy life. Esmeralda and her mother find each other. Gringoire and Djali live. This will kill that! Excellent. No notes.

cameroncarriglio's review against another edition

2.5

dark emotional sad 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

beautifulminutiae's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

katiejlumsden's review against another edition

4.0

An interesting read – I enjoyed this, though not as much as Les Miserables. The characters were complex and interesting and the ending very powerful, but it didn't quite hold my attention as much as Les Miserables.

happinessity's review against another edition

3.0

mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Content Warnings

wizzly's review against another edition

1.0

slow-paced

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

I enjoy well done descriptive prose but this was overblown, unnecessarily long with bizarre pointless tangents.

Another reviewer noted you could tell Hugo got paid by the word and this made me realise that the feeling I got reading the book was of an author desperately trying to hit a word count.

All puff, no soul!