heyheybooks 's review for:

The Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor Hugo

4.0

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Overall, I’m glad I read it and I enjoyed the story. I’ve probably only seen the Disney movie once, a long long time ago. It was easy to see why it was turned into an animated film. But I still had the experience I did with Les Miserable and Moby Dick, where the authors interject interesting parts with pages of history lessons whose relevance is not apparent until later and kind of interrupt the exciting parts. Like two pages explaining why there’s non police force, right when they’re trying to break down the doors of Notre Dame. Also, Frollo is an !ncel creep who kills the lady who doesn’t return his interest. Even Quasimodo is possessive of Esmeralda. Is there a feminist retelling from Esmeralda’s point of view?