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impla77's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
at least djali got a happy ending
Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual violence, and Violence
Moderate: Kidnapping
sarasreading's review against another edition
- 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
3.5
About halfway through it finally started picking up, and it became a mostly unputdownable book for me, which was a lovely surprise!
Other things that were a surprise:
1. Playwrite marries the prettiest girl in Paris, literally only cares about her goat and basically elopes with it by the end, leaving the 16 year old in the clutches of a total pedo.
2. Phoebus was a bigger douchebag than Frollo, change my mind. At least Frollo was mildly conflicted. "Oh she's been charged for my murder but had nothing to do with the attack I'm still totally alive and well? Eh, let her hang I guess, not my problem." -Phoebus probably.
3. The battle scene in front of the Notre Dame was wild. Probably said "holy crap!" out loud like 7 times.
4. This book is a huge bummer. Towards the end you hope and hope, and then it guts you.
If the first half of the book was much shorter, it would be a 4-4.5 star read for me. I know he was trying to get people to care about older gothic architecture, and the churches specifically, which is probably why we still have the Notre Dame today. So good on him and all, but in the 21st century it's a total snooze fest lol
Graphic: Ableism, Confinement, Pedophilia, Racism, Violence, Sexual harassment, and Classism
Moderate: Animal death and Torture
cambrand's review against another edition
- 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
4.25
Graphic: Ableism, Death, Racial slurs, Racism, Torture, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Religious bigotry, and Murder
reebeee's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Also, there's not a specific content warning label for this but I think it's worth noting that this book contains a repeated accusation of blood libel.
Graphic: Ableism, Racial slurs, Racism, and Sexual harassment
sarah_speaks's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Death, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Stalking, and Murder
Moderate: Confinement and Religious bigotry
Minor: Animal death, Child death, Cannibalism, Pregnancy, and Abandonment
hot_water's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, and Body shaming
Moderate: Racism, Sexual assault, and Torture
Minor: Death
upthestairs's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Torture, and Religious bigotry
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Gore, Hate crime, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Minor: Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, and Fire/Fire injury
seullywillikers's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
At times I wasn't sure if the author was denouncing all the above-mentioned isms, or agreeing with them. Maybe both, for different things? I'm not sure. I'll give this a star rating to reflect my enjoyment of the reading, and not so much to reflect that it is a classic. When reading stories like this I try to maintain cultural relativism-it is not my time, my culture, my society, therefore I can't judge it the same way I would my contemporary stories, even as I disagree with so much of the wrongs of that time and place.
Ultimately, I'm glad to have read it.
Graphic: Ableism, Body shaming, Death, Misogyny, Racism, Sexual assault, Suicide, Violence, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Kidnapping, Abandonment, Colonisation, and Classism
mimi_means_secret's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Graphic: Ableism and Racism
ninjasunknown's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Moderate: Racism, Torture, and Murder