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Les mis?rables | Victor Hugo

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For most of this book I felt it would be a so-so.
I enjoyed the bits with characters in, and some of the descriptive chapters. But sometimes Hugo went overboard with explaining some bits without any characters to help move the story along. There were a couple of time/story errors that threw me a little too. And I didn‘t feel like I was overly attached to any characters. However this changed towards the end, pushing it to a pick :)

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Cortg Yeah, I think if it were more like 600-700 pages it could‘ve been fantastic! I love the storyline but some of the details (Waterloo & the Paris sewed system for example,) ugh! 4y

ElizaMarie I agree. Like there was a couple of chapters/books of it that was so blah! But overall I felt like this was a pick too! Now you need to rewatch the musical! 4y

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Les mis?rables | Victor Hugo

Book 8: Fading away of the twilight and Book 9: Supreme shadow, supreme dawn

And the story reaches its conclusion.

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Les mis?rables | Victor Hugo

Book 7: The last draught from the cup

Jean Valjean has confessed his identity. Not sure that was the best idea bud!

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Book 6: The sleepless night

This book was too happy. Does that make sense? Like the calm before the storm. I have a horrible feeling someone may die or be terribly maimed... surely Hugo hasn‘t written a happy ending?
Also, doesn‘t M.Gillenormand love the sound of his own voice? Haha

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Book 5: Grandson and Grandfather

I am still confused about M.Gillenormand being alive...
But he has mellowed and is allowing the marriage to go ahead. I wonder what is in store for Jean Valjean after this?

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ElizaMarie So that threw me off too! 4y

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Les mis?rables | Victor Hugo

Book 4: Javert derailed

This is the first time I have felt bad for Javert...

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Les mis?rables | Victor Hugo

Book 3: Mud but the soul

A trip through the sewer. The introduction of quicksand surprised me. Javert seems to be becoming more compassionate. And Marius has been returned to his grandfather. (I am a little confused here, as didn‘t his grandfather die after their last meeting???)

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Les mis?rables | Victor Hugo

Book 2: The intestine of the leviathan

I found this book on the history of Parisian sewers surprisingly interesting. It reminded me a little of sections of Ghost Map (which is about John Snow and cholera in London) involving the sewage system.

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Les mis?rables | Victor Hugo

Volume 5, Book one: The war between four walls

This one was long! Lots of characters coming together, lots leaving us. I am always surprised by the effect religion had on Jean Valjean. He is truly a good man as evidenced in this book.

I am behind on my buddy read now, but this is the month I will finish 😋

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jb72 I‘m so sorry I got behind on this buddy read. My plan is to play catch up this month. 5y

ElizaMarie @jb72 you haven't finished it? I thought you did. Oops (not paying enough attention). Anyway I really enjoyed this book but some parts were way too slow! But overall a yay! I am glad you guys are so cool about having #BuddyRead books with me! 5y

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Les mis?rables | Victor Hugo

Book 15: The Rue de l,homme arme

And volume 4 has been finished! I will be interested to see where the last volume takes me 😋
I am only a little behind now!

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ElizaMarie yay! So good! 5y

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Les mis?rables | Victor Hugo

Book 14: The grandeurs of despair

Well, it was definitely an aptly named book!

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Book 13: Marius enters the shadow

Oh Marius. I do not remember ever being this dramatic when in love 🙄🤣

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ElizaMarie Haha drama comes with romance and love! 5y

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Les mis?rables | Victor Hugo

Book 12: Corinthe

Things are heating up. Though I do feel for the unwilling participants such as the tavern owner, and the neighbours having foundations, beams, and pavements removed for barricades.

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Les mis?rables | Victor Hugo

Volume 4, book 11: The atom fraternizes with the hurricane

Little Gavroche is one of my favourite characters (after Jean Valjean of course).

And I have now reached the 75% mark, though I am slightly behind on this #BuddyRead which is due to finish this month!

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ElizaMarie Ooo but you are liking it so far right? I loved it! I was surprised I hadn't read it before. And then I saw the musical/movie and I had never seen that one before and I LOVED it too! 5y

Bookworm54 @ElizaMarie most of the time! It takes me a while to get through some of the more descriptive chapters... haha 5y

ElizaMarie @Bookworm54 awe yes... I feel you with that! 5y

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Book 10: The 5th of June, 1832

As I have said before, I find the chapters that are not character related a bit of a slog, and this book was no exception!

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ElizaMarie I felt the same way. I enjoyed the characters, their struggles/etc. But the other chapters... ugh. It was a but tough at times. 5y

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Les mis?rables | Victor Hugo

Book 4: Enchantments and desolations

Poor M.Mabeuf :(
I am also intrigued to see if people are waiting for Marius as he was told, or if something more sordid is afoot!

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Book 8: Enchantments and desolations

Family can be difficult, especially when they don‘t say what they actually feel. Marius is very much the dreamer. I feel he needs a bit more direction in life, and Cosette is not helping that side of him!

Bonus pic of my reading buddy. He likes to lie on me in a morning, which means ebooks, so I can read over his shoulder on my phone! 🐶

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ElizaMarie Always love the sneak pic of the pup!!! 5y

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Les mis?rables | Victor Hugo

Book 7: Slang

Some of the discussion around the origins of slang was interesting. But this was another slow book for me!

Not sure I will finish volume 4 this month, but I will just breeze through the rest and volume 5 next month to make up :)

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ElizaMarie Take your time! Anyway I finished early because hubby insisted I‘d love the movie —- he was so so right!!! 5y

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Les mis?rables | Victor Hugo

Virtual date with my husband watching this. I‘m so glad he isn‘t watching me ugly cry right now 😢.

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Cortg PBS version? I‘m currently watching episode 5! 5y

ElizaMarie @Cortg no the 2012 movie/musical 5y

Cortg Enjoy! I love the music 🎶 5y

ElizaMarie @Cortg OMG!! I Loved it so so much! I cried. I smiled. I got the music a bit stuck in my head! You are so right! It was so great! 5y

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Les mis?rables | Victor Hugo

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OMG! I am so so glad that we did this as a buddy read! This has been on my TBR for a along time.. I had always been interested in it and thought I would enjoy it... But I am so so glad that I read it because.. well it was amazing!!! I need to get my hands on the movie (I have never seen it! So I know I am in for a huge treat -- husband had requested I focused on this one because he wanted to re-watch it with me)

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Chrissyreadit One of my favorite books of all time! I saw it on Broadway when I was 16 and still listen regularly to the music. 5y

ElizaMarie @Chrissyreadit I have never head any of the music! And I keep hearing everyone talk about how great the musical is. And who great the movie was and everything! I am excited to find it streaming somewhere so my husband and I can do a “virtual“ date with this one! 5y

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Chrissyreadit Do you have Amazon prime? You can stream it there. 5y

mom2bugnbee My favorite musical ever, & my family is heavy into theatre, so that's saying something! ☺ Enjoy! 5y

ElizaMarie @Chrissyreadit I do have amazon prime! Thanks! I will definitely watch it this week :) I am super excited ! 5y

ElizaMarie @mom2bugnbee ooo good to know! I am like polar opposites with my family. I was a veracious reader as a child and loved dance/theatre but they were never really into it. So I lack a lot of those experiences as a kid (other than being in ballet and performing ballet type stories -- NutCracker) I hope when the world opens up I can see it on Broadway. 5y

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Les mis?rables | Victor Hugo

So, yes fatherhood is not a central theme really but... Jean Val Jean became an amazing father to Cosette. So that's why I am going to use that for this prompt.
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mom2bugnbee Actually, I think that fatherhood is a huge theme in Les Mis. I'd definitely use it for that bingo square! ☺ 5y

ElizaMarie @mom2bugnbee Thank you. I feel like it fit but... I don know if ti would be the “central“ them but more like “one of the“ central themes. Anyway. I am not being graded or anything with these bingos. so I do tend to pick things that “make sense to me“ ... But thank you so much for your comment. 5y

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Les mis?rables | Victor Hugo

I am going to officially pick the prompt of “book in translation“ for this one.
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alisiakae That's a chunkster! 😍 5y

ElizaMarie @4thhouseontheleft ha yes it is!!! I was in a buddy read that was a few months though, which made it way more manageable! 5y

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Les mis?rables | Victor Hugo

Started the last volume today :)

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Book 6: Little Gavroche

Not much to say for this without spoilers. I do feel sorry for Gavroche and the 2 little ‘brats‘ he has taken in

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This made me super sad 😞

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Bookworm54 I need to get cracking with this months volume. I am getting behind! It‘s because I am trying to read the sign books too. And I still really want to read the other plc book 😭🤣 5y

ElizaMarie @Bookworm54 I am still hoping to read the second #PLC book as well. I just haven't gotten it yet. So maybe it will be a July read :) 5y

AkashaVampie @Bookworm54 @ElizaMarie u dont have to read them when we read them if u cant. 5y

Bookworm54 @AkashaVampie I know, Dragon Bound just sounded super good though! ☺️ 5y

ElizaMarie @AkashaVampie yeah that‘s how I feel too. I had heard good things about Dragon Bound so I‘ll get to it soon :) 5y

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Les mis?rables | Victor Hugo

Book 5: The end of which does not resemble the beginning

When we first met Marius I quite liked him, but love (or more accurately I think, obsession) does not look well on him. I have a feeling that things will go badly for him and Cosette...
Does anything in this book work out as you hope? Haha

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Caz1 What copy is that ? 5y

Bookworm54 @Caz1 it‘s the hapgood translation, illustrated and unabridged. A carefully crafted classic :) 5y

jb72 LOL I don‘t think anything works out for anyone in a Hugo book. 5y

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Book 4: Succor from below may turn out to be succor from on high

A quick book this time. Nice to see some of Gavroche again

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Les mis?rables | Victor Hugo

Just a heads up for anyone interested

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AkashaVampie

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#TBRCrew Weekly Check-In

Feel free to answer even if you aren't in our groups!
If you are interested in joining any of our groups... we would love to have you!
Check my bio on my page for the links to the groups.

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Les mis?rables | Victor Hugo

Book 3: The house in the Rue Plumet

Jean Valjean is definitely my favourite person in this book :)

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jessinikkip Mine too, honestly. I'm so far behind on the book now, but it was a re-read for me. He's my favorite every time I read it. 5y

ElizaMarie Same!!! I am excited to see how he is portrayed in the movies too (I haven't seen anything Les Mis and.... wow I feel like I have been missing out!!) 5y

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Les mis?rables | Victor Hugo

Book 2: Eponine

Eponine is an interesting character. I wonder how she would have turned out if she was raised by people other than the Thernadiers 🤔

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Les mis?rables | Victor Hugo

A new month, means moving onto the next volume of Les Mis for the #ReadingWithTBRCrew #BuddyRead

Volume 4 - Saint-Denis: The idyll in the Rue Plumet and the epic in Rue Saint-Denis
Book 1: A few pages of history

I am looking forward to watching the film after the #LesMisBuddyRead is complete and actually having a grasp on all the various people and events! So far there hasn‘t been a whole lot of action, but it‘s definitely brewing!

ElizaMarie I have never seen any films of Les Mis (I am assuming this has been redone multiple times.)

I am excited to watch it as well! 5y

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AkashaVampie

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Happy Monday Littens!!! For #SocialDistancingMay and #SocialDistancingParty, it is the weekly check-in for our groups. Feel free to join in even if you aren't part of our groups. And if you would like to join one or all of our groups, we would love to have you. Here is our question for #TBRCrew today.

madams421 “And so we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.” (Last line of The Great Gatsby). How do we join the groups? 🌻 5y

AkashaVampie @madams421 if u go to my page... in the info I have links to all the groups. We have 4. PLC is paranormal romance book club. NWC is a novel to screen book club. TBRCrew is a group that helps with that ever growing TBR list. And New Year, New You is a yearly goal helper (not just book related). Feel free to join any or all. We would love to have u. 5y

madams421 @AkashaVampie Great, thanks! 5y

AkashaVampie @madams421 ur welcome sweetie. 5y

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I mean seriously!

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jb72 I fully agree! 5y

Allylu My favorite book of all time! 💕📚 5y

ElizaMarie @Allylu I am really enjoying this #BuddyRead of it. There are some super great moments in this book! I have never seen the movie/play or anything so I am excited to experience that too! 5y

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Volume 3, Book 8: The Wicked Poor Man

Soooo much happened in this final book of the volume (Marius). And all the characters we have met have joined back together for the final chapter. This has been my favourite book so far, and I am looking forward to continuing with Volume 4 next month ☺️

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ulyssesartmiller Les Mis is one of my absolute favorites. I‘m hoping someday to get my French to the level where I can read this untranslated. 5y

Bookworm54 @ulyssesartmiller quite an undertaking! Good luck :) 5y

ulyssesartmiller @Bookworm54 haha yeah thanks, I try not to think about it too hard 🤣 5y

ElizaMarie I loved this volume so much that I jumped into next month as well. :)
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Why did it take me so long to read this masterpiece of literature? This book was fantastic, the interweaving of the characters into the story was beautifully done. The complete story was overall superb. Without a doubt one of my favorite books. 5/5

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Bookworm54 I have not, but it sounds amazing! 5y

AkashaVampie @Bookworm54 yeah I haven't either!!! Honestly, I'm not sure if I would go to one. I am not a social type person too much. I just really like being in my own space, if that makes sense. 5y

Bookworm54 @AkashaVampie oh definitely! Haha I am not very social either :p 5y

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Les mis?rables | Victor Hugo

Volume 3, Book 7: Patron-Minette

A quick book introducing us to a gang. They do not sound like men you would want to bump into!
And since there was only one illustration for this book, there is also a picture of my reading buddy who is fast asleep 🥰

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jessinikkip That is how my reading buddy tends to be too, sound asleep. But mine tends to be curled up like a doughnut. 5y

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Volume 3, Book 6: The conjunction of two stars

This book moved much quicker than the others. Young love ❤️ shame it is so creepy! It may be his first love, but damn it Marius, I thought you were cool.

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