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jessmarie_2015 's review for:
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
by Victor Hugo
Technically 4.5, but worth rounding up.
I definitely encourage getting an edition with notes in the back, especially because of the Latin and French lines if you don't speak those languages. That was a big help reading this one.
While I will always love the Disney version, the book, as usual, blows it out of the water! The charaters are more complex and they have so much more background to their stories. I wish some of it hadn't been cut, especially Esmeralda's, but when you're trying to make this appropriate for all ages, what can you do? (Other than make kids read this when they're older)
The lost half-star is for the chapters chronicling the history of Parisian architecture. I understand why Victor Hugo included it, but I was already too interested in the characters by the time I got there, and I was starting to get a little impatient to get back to them about midway through that part.
I definitely encourage getting an edition with notes in the back, especially because of the Latin and French lines if you don't speak those languages. That was a big help reading this one.
While I will always love the Disney version, the book, as usual, blows it out of the water! The charaters are more complex and they have so much more background to their stories. I wish some of it hadn't been cut, especially Esmeralda's, but when you're trying to make this appropriate for all ages, what can you do? (Other than make kids read this when they're older)
The lost half-star is for the chapters chronicling the history of Parisian architecture. I understand why Victor Hugo included it, but I was already too interested in the characters by the time I got there, and I was starting to get a little impatient to get back to them about midway through that part.