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A review by phoenix2
The Man Who Laughs by Victor Hugo
2.0
Could not force myself to give this book more than 2 stars cause the goodreads rating systems tells me two stars equals with it's okay rating and three with I liked it, which I didn't. I should also state here that I could not finish it. I gave up on it on page 500, but I couldn't take it any more.
So, why did I picked it up?
1. Hugo is one of my fav authors and he had me bewitched by the notre dame novel. However, this one was packed with historical facts (?) and details. I mean, imagin, the story actually started on page 100 and it was only one chapter before the historical things started again.
2. The story seemed compelling and the fun fact that Batman's Jocker was inspired by the main character was interesting.
3. This picture
Damn, he looked good in that one.
However, like I said, the book was filled with details, character's long long long background stories and many historical events that I am not sure that they've happened. The actual story was spread throught that boring more than 600 page long text and I had actually considared the option of giving up on it for more than five times, but I did hang on cause most of the reviews on Goodreads were 5 star ratings. So, I've thought that maybe it was me and the book is a masterpiece that I can't appreciate. But, honestly, it was too tiring to read. So, friendly advice to anyone who will pick it up next, if the book doesn't appeal to you from the first ten chapters, give up on it, because it will never get better.
So, why did I picked it up?
1. Hugo is one of my fav authors and he had me bewitched by the notre dame novel. However, this one was packed with historical facts (?) and details. I mean, imagin, the story actually started on page 100 and it was only one chapter before the historical things started again.
2. The story seemed compelling and the fun fact that Batman's Jocker was inspired by the main character was interesting.
3. This picture
Damn, he looked good in that one.
However, like I said, the book was filled with details, character's long long long background stories and many historical events that I am not sure that they've happened. The actual story was spread throught that boring more than 600 page long text and I had actually considared the option of giving up on it for more than five times, but I did hang on cause most of the reviews on Goodreads were 5 star ratings. So, I've thought that maybe it was me and the book is a masterpiece that I can't appreciate. But, honestly, it was too tiring to read. So, friendly advice to anyone who will pick it up next, if the book doesn't appeal to you from the first ten chapters, give up on it, because it will never get better.