While I admit that I enjoyed the movie, particularly Alan Menken's score and the opening song, I encourage all fans of this movie and of this story to read the book. I undertook the novel in 1996 because I knew it was too massive to be contained by any one movie and I wanted to know what the real story was. It may be a chore getting through some of the long descriptive passages, but it is worth it. Disney's version is entertaining, but there is very little of Victor Hugo in this retelling. Please don't fool yourself into thinking you know this story simply because you saw the cartoon.
Review of The Hunchback of Notre Dame
