Les Miserables, thick but worth it.

By amber-fish

Just finished the first volume and I’m honestly blown away. It’s super thick, but wading through the more philosophical/historical parts feels worth it because you get so much insight into the whole period. It really hits for me as the perfect novel—like, an actual good story without needing gross violence or sex to stay interesting, and it feels like the author is really involved and paying attention to what’s going on. So yeah, hats off to Hugo.