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thegeekishbrunette 's review for:
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
by Victor Hugo
In case you were wondering, this is definitely not like the Disney film. I mean, obviously since Disney has to make a movie have a happy ending and this book’s is far from that.
This book was my classic pick for the month of February. I remember picking it up once but only got through 10% because of the slow beginning. This time I borrowed the audio book from my library otherwise I probably wouldn’t have got through it. The first 35% or so is pretty slow and many of the key characters don’t come into play until then.
One big difference from book to film is the characters. Quesimodo doesn’t actually have many scenes in the book. Although his ending is much happier than Esmeralda and Frollo. Esmeralda was very annoying and only cared about her dear Phebis who was kind of a dillweed. She does have her goat but other than that she is not the strong indepedent woman that Disney portrays her as. Her ending is also quite tragic. Frollo is still horny guy who only has eyes for Esmeralda. He wants her and he doesn’t want anyone else to have her. I would say that Disney made him more of a villain and really his only sees are lusting over someone.
Overall, it was a decent classic. I’m glad I listened to it as an audio book. I wouldn’t really say there is any exciting plot twists but I’d recommend this one if you like the movie and want to see what actually happened.
This book was my classic pick for the month of February. I remember picking it up once but only got through 10% because of the slow beginning. This time I borrowed the audio book from my library otherwise I probably wouldn’t have got through it. The first 35% or so is pretty slow and many of the key characters don’t come into play until then.
One big difference from book to film is the characters. Quesimodo doesn’t actually have many scenes in the book. Although his ending is much happier than Esmeralda and Frollo. Esmeralda was very annoying and only cared about her dear Phebis who was kind of a dillweed. She does have her goat but other than that she is not the strong indepedent woman that Disney portrays her as. Her ending is also quite tragic. Frollo is still horny guy who only has eyes for Esmeralda. He wants her and he doesn’t want anyone else to have her. I would say that Disney made him more of a villain and really his only sees are lusting over someone.
Overall, it was a decent classic. I’m glad I listened to it as an audio book. I wouldn’t really say there is any exciting plot twists but I’d recommend this one if you like the movie and want to see what actually happened.