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fleetwoodgat 's review for:
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
by Victor Hugo
I had a lot of feelings while reading this book.
1) It was entirely too long winded, which is why I don't really read classics as is. My millennial Pisces brain can't handle something not getting to the point. However, it was amazing when the "story" was at the forefront and not the architecture or the history.
2) I was frustrated by the what felt like unearned love and desire these characters had for each other. Frollo to Esmeralda, Esmeralda to Phoebus, Gringoire to himself...
3) Which leads me to my anger when Esmeralda just said fuck my freedom and called for Phoebus when the guards were looking for her to hang her.
4) I was also angry and sad that Quasimodo didn't know who was helping or hurting his cause in the final battle.
5) I am grateful for Frollo's character, though, because I didn't (and still don't) fully understand him. And that's what will keep me open to this book and any other iterations in the future.
In closing, great book...any Victor Hugo stories I read next will be abridged, though.
1) It was entirely too long winded, which is why I don't really read classics as is. My millennial Pisces brain can't handle something not getting to the point. However, it was amazing when the "story" was at the forefront and not the architecture or the history.
2) I was frustrated by the what felt like unearned love and desire these characters had for each other. Frollo to Esmeralda, Esmeralda to Phoebus, Gringoire to himself...
3) Which leads me to my anger when Esmeralda just said fuck my freedom and called for Phoebus when the guards were looking for her to hang her.
4) I was also angry and sad that Quasimodo didn't know who was helping or hurting his cause in the final battle.
5) I am grateful for Frollo's character, though, because I didn't (and still don't) fully understand him. And that's what will keep me open to this book and any other iterations in the future.
In closing, great book...any Victor Hugo stories I read next will be abridged, though.