Title: The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Author: Victor Hugo
Genre: Historical Fiction
Pages: 577
Rating (out of 5 stars): ***
Reviewed by: Ben
Description: The classic tale of Frolo, Esmeralda, and Quasimodo. Except, the real novel is pretty different from the Disney movie.
Thoughts: Like most 19th century fiction, this book has an excellent plot combined with pages and pages of pretty boring description (of Paris, the cathedral, the costumes of actors in a sideshow, etc.). So, it takes a little patience to get into the book. But, for the most part I really enjoyed the novel, and I continue to view Victor Hugo as a pure genius of a story writer. In this novel, the way he shows how the prejudices of the various characters leads to their downfall is really pretty amazing. Also, I liked the ending of the real novel better than the Disney movie (although I can see why Disney needed to adapt the story for kids...).
Disclaimer: None.
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