Reviews

Os Miseráveis by Victor Hugo, Walcyr Carrasco

veerlebotter's review against another edition

3.0

3.5 stars.
The story was good, well written and interesting.
The only problem I had with the book was how the female characters were written, the whole ‘she was ugly but you could tell she once was beautiful’.
This is probably due to it being written by a man in 1862.
Overall a good book.

jeremiah042's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad tense slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

cl9556's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

jekaluleka's review against another edition

5.0

Incredible book. Absolutely loved watching these characters' lives intertwine in so many ways. It's length is justified!

comrademun's review against another edition

1.0

DNF - excruciatingly dull to read (I’ll stick to the musical)

theoryofabook's review against another edition

5.0

- Ce n'est rien de mourir ; c'est affreux de ne pas vivre.
Victor Hugo

t0astghost's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

Look. Is this book incredibly slow due to Hugos irrational need to go on incredibly long tangents about details the average reader has absolutely no need to know? Yes. But is there something about it that I love anyways? Also yes. He mixes political and social commentary with an actual story quite well, technically. He uses the story to prove a point, then explains that point to exhaustion. While I wouldn't say that's technically necessary, I would say its enjoyable. Even so, there is a lot to interpret from it. The cast of characters is incredibly vast and expansive, very tinged with God and realism and informed by Hugos view of the world. 
It will always be funny how he finds the need to descibe each of Les Amis personalities, yet revealing their whole names is too far. 
I wouldn't say this book is for everyone, but I would say Victor Hugo had a vision and he executed that in a mostly entertaining way. Try it out, see how it feels and maybe it'll have you in it's clutches!

papajones's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

4.25

jrjohnson1408's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

joanneadams54's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional informative reflective tense slow-paced

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

5.0