Les Misérables (1862) (edit title/settings)

• Rated 5 stars

“This is my favorite book. I love reading Victor Hugo. A story about how life can turn a criminal and just a bad person into a noble gentleman with a big heart. Hard life and believe can change everything. Cool story and the flow of events have forced me to read this great book very quickly. This story tells about life in France in the old days, relationships between the people of different sectors of society and human feelings. This book made me look on life with different eyes, it arosed in me a wide range of all emotions. I highly recommend it for reading!”

• Rated 4 stars

“Part1: I stayed with this book because i saw the movie but i got interested how it began and i never really got it but when i found the book, i wanted to know more about it. If the author was alive i would ask him what made him think about making this book. I would leave the book how it is because it gives more information than the move. ”

• Rated 5 stars

“Amazing book, a quick read, humorous, for historical fiction lovers and dramatics :)”

• Rated 5 stars

“You're in for a mountain of a book with this one. It's not a quick and easy read but it IS worth your time. Les Miserables is a story about utter depravity, suffering, and hope. You can't imagine what it is to feel truly torn until you enter the mind of Jean Valjean and come out again. ”

• Rated 4 stars

“He's somewhat long winded, but of course this is a classic, and I would certainly recommend it for a high school student. I wish it came with a history of france during the early 1800s. I wasn't familiar with a lot of the details at the beginning of the book. I really like Book 8, which describes a good man't conscience when he's really being tested. Much more in depth character descriptions than the movie. Seems as far to the left as Ayn Rand is to the right.”

• Rated 4 stars

“Having seen the musical several times on Broadway and off Broadway, I knew the basic plot of this novel. I had long meant to read it, and finally have done it. The novel is genius, although at times there are digressions that seem somewhat dubious in terms of their necessity toward the end of advancing the plot. I think in particular of the long recounting of the battle of Waterloo, which was peripheral to the plot of the novel, itself, and also the recounting of the history of the sewers of Paris. Still, i found it an excellent read, and I particularly enjoyed the way the loose ends were tied up in the last 40 pages or so.”

• Rated 5 stars

“Oh. my. god.
Les Mis was amazing and even better than the movie!”

• Rated 5 stars

“Amazing and definitely worth the (very! long) read! Fantastic characters, intricate plot, and remarkable details make Les Miserables the classic that it is.”

• Rated 4 stars

“Amazing; the political struggle, the drama, so overwhelming! Though, the plot maybe a little confusing at times.”

• Rated 0 stars

“The movie is fantastic...so now I want to read this!”