30 Day Book Photo Challenge - April 27

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27. Bookmarker

The Hunchback of Notre-Dame - Victor Hugo

Set in 1482, Victor Hugo’s powerful novel of ‘imagination, caprice and fantasy’ is a meditation on love, fate, architecture and politics, as well as a compelling recreation of the medieval world at the dawn of the modern age.

In a brilliant reworking of the tale of Beauty and the Beast, Hugo creates a host of unforgettable characters – amongst them, Quasimodo, the hunchback of the title, hopelessly in love with the gypsy girl Esmeralda, the satanic priest Claude Frollo, Clopin Trouillefou, king of the beggars, and Louis X1, King of France. Over the entire novel, both literally and symbolically, broods the Cathedral of Notre-Dame.

Vivid characters and memorable set-piece action scenes combine to bring the past to life in this story of love, lust, betrayal, doom and redemption.

This book is so detailed and very intelligent. I find that for me it's extremely hard to read because of this. I really do want to read it but I'm in no rush to finish it. The writing style is timeless and I feel like I am learning a lot whilst I am reading. But I have to admit..it's had a bookmark in the same place for over a year.

30 Day Book Photo Challenge - April 22

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22. Slow Read

Watership Down - Richard Adams

Fiver could sense danger. Something terrible was going to happen to the warren - he felt sure of it. So did his brother Hazel, for Fiver's sixth sense was never wrong. They had to leave immediately, and they had to persuade the other rabbits to join them. And so begins a long and perilous journey of a small band of rabbits in search of a safe home. Fiver's vision finally leads them to Watership Down, but here they face their most difficult challenge of all...

This book is very intense with the descriptive passages. This is in no way a bad thing, it allows you to picture the scene exactly as the author intended and you may learn the meaning of a few words along the way. I had wanted to read it for a while because it's a really well-known book. I bought it before I went on holiday but didn't read much while I was there, and admittedly I still haven't finished this book. It's not that I didn't like it, it's just very hard to read because of the amount of detail that goes into each paragraph. I can see why it is so famous and I did enjoy it, but I'm not sure if I can get into it enough to ever finish it. It's a book I put down because I needed a break, and have found it hard to pick back up.