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The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo

10 reviews

blacksails03's review against another edition

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challenging dark sad tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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lazy_raven's review against another edition

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adventurous dark informative sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

The 1st half of the book was half story half documentary of Notre Dame. Disney got the whole thing wrong, but it was very good.
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evgeorge's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional informative sad tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

Dark, traumatic, depressing
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exclipse's review against another edition

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challenging dark sad tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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maiahhtratchh's review against another edition

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challenging mysterious reflective slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.75

I’ve always wondered how this book got turned into a Disney movie and passed all the different layers of people to become produced… and then I read it. There is no way ANY sane person can get through and read this book. It made me feel illiterate. I don’t know what happened. Supposedly a chapter was not in the original publication and was viewed at the time to not add anything to the story… honestly that could be ANY of the chapters. I’ll stick to the Disney movie and musical from now on.
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brutusbloch's review against another edition

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challenging dark sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

Es hat eine Weile gedauert, dass ich mich daran gewöhnt habe, dass Victor Hugo den Leser immer Mal wieder direkt anspricht. Aber dann fand ich seinen Schreibstil fantastisch.

Es beginnt auch sehr langsam, was damit zusammenhängt, dass ca. 1/3 des Buches für den Plot komplett irrelevant ist und sich hauptsächlich im Beginn des Buches abhandelt. Das hängt natürlich mit der Liebe von Hugo zu Paris und vor allem Notre Dame zusammen.
Meiner Meinung nach ist es ein unglaublich gutes Buch, kein schönes Buch, sehr verstörend, aber wirklich, wirklich gut. Wenn auch etwas vorhersehbar.
Ohne den leider sehr hervorstechenden Gadjé-Rassismus und Ableismus, die dem Plot zugrunde liegen, wären es vlt. sogar 5 Sterne gewesen.
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displeased_ghoooost's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional reflective slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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sarah_speaks's review against another edition

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dark emotional sad tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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laurenleigh's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

This was a SLOG. I thought it would be an interesting read while I was getting ready for our trip, but it took forever to get through. Normally Disney adaptations are watered down, but in this case, I think Disney actually did a good job of distilling and updating the text for a modern audience. Hugo is a great writer, but he’s a terrible editor. In addition to feeling bored often during this reading, I found myself very frustrated by Esmeralda’s portrayal, which was made even weaker with this audiobook narrator. As I kid, I loved the Disney Esmeralda’s spirit and independence, but that was often missing in the original text. I also hated how Quasimodo was framed, and Disney did a much better job in my memory of showing that disability or disfigurement does not make one less of a person. I suppose I should try and judge the text on its own merits outside of my childhood memories of the movie, but I can’t quite untangle my expectations from what I found in the novel.
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caidyn's review against another edition

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challenging dark tense medium-paced
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I've tried to read this book once before, and it didn't work out. I ended up getting a couple hundred pages in, didn't like it, and gave up. This year, I decided I'm going to pick it up again. Guess what? I ended up really enjoying it! My basis for this story is, like many people's, the Disney movie. This is very different than that, but also good. Eventually, I found myself enjoying the random moments where Hugo went off on tangents and showed us different things/characters. It's a good book and, if I were in the mood for it, I'd definitely pick it up again.
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