First of all, Marius ruined this entire book for me. I strongly believe without Hugo's long ass tangents about semi-irrelevant topics this would be a 5 star book for me. I was sobbing over Fantine, especially when I re-listened to "I Dreamed a Dream" with the newfound knowledge of Fantine's backstory. Any time a book makes me cry it's an automatic 5 stars but... Not this one. Sorry. Not this one.