On this episode of the definitive “Hunchback of Notre Dame” podcast, we’re discussing the dark romance novel “Crossed” by New York Times-bestselling author Emily McIntire!
This reimagining of Victor Hugo’s novel set in 21st-century Vermont portrays Claude Frollo as a serial killer, Esmeralda as a sex worker, and Quasimodo as an iPad kid.
Has trope marketing gone too far? Why is this novel set in Vermont? Is this good neurodivergent representation? Can a book truly be so bad it’s good?
Listen along as we grapple with these questions and more!
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CHAPTERS:
(00:00) Intro
(00:51) Minute of History
(04:02) Plot Synopsis
(09:17) Harold Bloom + Contradicting Popular Opinion
(10:18) Has Trope Marketing Gone Too Far?
(16:57) Why So Much Violence + Gore?
(27:36) Quasimodo/Quentin and ASD Representation
(38:15) The Setting (Festivalé, Vermont)
(43:12) The Writing Itself
(55:37) The Epigraph
(59:02) “Notre-Dame Cathedral”
(1:04:31) Overall Thoughts + Inn, Dust, Throw
(1:13:29) Next Episode Teaser + Outro
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