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Book Review By natalie
Les Miserables by Victor Hugo

Hard to do in a few sentences, but it's basically about a man struggling to find a place in the society that cast him about. It is a story of love,poverty, cruelty, obsession, and redemption. It focuses on several different types of characters, from prostitutes to lawmen, from revoluntionaries to drunks, and from criminals to children.


Plot & Themes
Time/era of story - 1600-1899
Family, loving relations Yes
Special relationship with - daughter
Crime & Police story Yes
Story of
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status:
Age: - 60's-90's
Ethnicity/Nationality
Unusual characteristics:

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 40's-50's
Profession/status:
How sensitive is this character?
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 8 ()
Europe Yes
European country: - France
City? Yes
City: - dirty, grimy (like New York) - dangerous - - rude people
Misc setting

Writing Style
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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