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Les Miserables deserves all the praise that has been heaped on it over the centuries. It really was a thing of beauty. To me, this book explored what it means to love in all its different forms. Highly recommend.
First of all, I wish that I had read the abridged version of this book. (Sorry, Rachel) But I think I may have given it five stars if I had read the abridged version. I really loved the story about Jean Valjean, and there were so many beautiful moments of humanity, forgiveness, redemption, etc. I shed tears at several points.
I just had a really hard time getting through some of the other parts. I'm not that interested in the political or societal history of France, so some of those long explana ...more
I just had a really hard time getting through some of the other parts. I'm not that interested in the political or societal history of France, so some of those long explana ...more
All the parts about the historical events and some stories about minor characters seemed a bit far fetched so I have to take one star away. Other than that I wasn't at all disappointed. I quite enjoyed the depth of the characters and the overall plot which made my back ache from all that sitting.
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