OK so I've started reading the book, starting a book is always the toughest part for me but here i go!
And here's the first hurdle... I was told that this book would drift in some parts and there would be a lot of back story but OH MY GOD pages 1-71 are literally the back story of a bishop! 71 pages and we haven't even gotten to the main protagonist of the story, 71 fucking pages!!!!!!
Yes there will be swearing in this blog, get over it! Hey you saw the title you know the deal!
See in the musical it begins with Jean Valjean getting released from prison and then the bishop sings one song where we get all the info we need and we never see him again, but the book....... holy crap we find out everything we possibly need to know, and the thing is i don't think we even need to know half this stuff! Half of page 23 is the list of the bishops budget, his budget! I DON'T CARE HOW MUCH HE SPENDS, GET TO THE REVOLUTION ALREADY, OR AT LEAST INTRODUCE THE MAIN CHARACTER!
Also we have to hear about his meals, his clothes, his daily walks, how many rooms his house has and how many silver spoons he owns......so far into the book I'm not happy >:(
I'm not saying the bishop is a bad character, when the book is titled Les Miserables it's nice to know that not everyone is horrible, but Mr Hugo seemed to really want to drum it into our heads what a nice person this bishop was and you know what i could have figured that out anyway, he's a bishop. something tells me he might be a nice guy!
So that's the basics of pages 1-71, yeah you see what i did there Mr Hugo, i just boiled down 71 pages to the bare minimum, what are you gonna do about it huh, HUH!!!!
Wait, am i taunting a dead guy on a blog?....Hmmm I may be a horrible person, Oh well who cares!
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