hikio123 's review for:

The Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor Hugo

3.75

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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If you decide to read or listen to this book, search for the abridged version. About half of the story is the author writing about architecture and how modernity is destroying it. The first few chapters set up the characters, then a lot of time is spent of describing the architecture and look of the town, then more setup of the background of the different important characters, and then about the last third of the book is actually about the story.

It was an okay book, the rants about architecture could be entirely cut off, at least when the action started, it was quick.