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A review by dknippling
The Man Who Laughs by Victor Hugo
4.0
A boy who was disfigured as a political ploy returns to London as a mountebank and man of the people, triggering a tragic chain of events.
So: if you're going to read Victor Hugo, you're going to end up with some tragic melodrama and social commemtary. If you've ever read The Pricess Bride (the movie version doesn't cover this), then this is one of the writers that Goldman apparently mocked: there are chaaaapters on the social and political issues of the time that have only the most glancing reference to the plot. I skimmed those parts.
If you're in the mood for a swoon or two, give it a go, but avoid if you're only reading it for the probable tie to the Joker from Batman.
So: if you're going to read Victor Hugo, you're going to end up with some tragic melodrama and social commemtary. If you've ever read The Pricess Bride (the movie version doesn't cover this), then this is one of the writers that Goldman apparently mocked: there are chaaaapters on the social and political issues of the time that have only the most glancing reference to the plot. I skimmed those parts.
If you're in the mood for a swoon or two, give it a go, but avoid if you're only reading it for the probable tie to the Joker from Batman.