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I still have the same dog-eared copy that my grandmother gave me for Christmas when I was 12 years old. It holds a special place in my heart.
LECTURA PERSONAL
2.5 estrellas
De verdad quería que me gustara este libro pero lamentablemente no fue así. Me pareció una idea original y hay algunos fragmentos escritos de una forma realmente hermosa; sin embargo, si me hizo un libro muy tedioso y pesado de leer, a pesar de no tener tantas páginas.
2.5 estrellas
De verdad quería que me gustara este libro pero lamentablemente no fue así. Me pareció una idea original y hay algunos fragmentos escritos de una forma realmente hermosa; sin embargo, si me hizo un libro muy tedioso y pesado de leer, a pesar de no tener tantas páginas.
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
medium-paced
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
mysterious
sad
slow-paced
dark
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
෴ “𝑨𝒓𝒆 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒖𝒏𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒚 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚’𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆?” “𝒀𝒆𝒔, 𝑪𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒆, 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒖𝒏𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒚 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒖𝒏𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒃𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒓𝒆𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒏.” 🥀
𝘼 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙜𝙚𝙙𝙮!
✦ “𝑯𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒂𝒔 𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒍𝒚 𝒌𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒖𝒔.’ ‘𝑫𝒐𝒆𝒔 𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒐 𝒎𝒖𝒄𝒉?’ ‘𝒀𝒆𝒔, 𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒑 𝒂𝒕 𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒎𝒆, 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒎𝒖𝒓𝒅𝒆𝒓.’ ”
But in the end he dies for her:
✦ “𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒇𝒂𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅, 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒅𝒊𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒉𝒆𝒓. 𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆𝒅, 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒎𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒔! 𝑨𝒉, 𝑫𝒂𝒓𝒐𝒈𝒂, 𝒂𝒔 𝑰 𝒔𝒑𝒐𝒌𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒔 𝒎𝒚 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒏 𝒂𝒔𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒃𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒅: 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒔 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅: “𝑷𝒐𝒐𝒓, 𝒑𝒐𝒐𝒓 𝒖𝒏𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒚 𝑬𝒓𝒊𝒌!”
𝕿𝖍𝖊 𝖕𝖍𝖆𝖓𝖙𝖔𝖒 𝖔𝖋 𝖔𝖕𝖊𝖗𝖆:
“𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘰𝘮 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘖𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘴𝘵”
“𝘠𝘦𝘴, 𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘥, 𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘨𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘵 – 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴, 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘥𝘰𝘸”
The phantom is introduced in the beginning of the book and we are filled with thrill and there's a mystery about him. I went from being intrigued by him and to almost hating him and finally accepting him and loving him. He's grey character, he's a murderer, a criminal, a stalker but he doesn't enjoy doing any of it, all he ever wanted was just to be loved, to be looked at and it breaks my heart that he never experienced that love which he craved so much.But in the end i believe he did get a glimpse of it in Christine and that fulfills his wishes and he eventually redeems himself in a way.
𔓕 “𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘦𝘵, 𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯, 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢 𝘣𝘢𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘯. 𝘓𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘦𝘦! 𝘛𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥, 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘐 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧. 𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘦, 𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘣; 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘥𝘰 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘥.’ ”
𔓕 “𝘖𝘧 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 … 𝘋𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘢 … 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘥𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 … 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 … 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘵 … 𝘓𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯 … 𝘐 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘰 … 𝘐 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 … 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘦 … 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘶𝘭 … 𝘴𝘰 𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦 … 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘬𝘪𝘴𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘳 … 𝘐𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦, 𝘋𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘢 … 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘐 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘬𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯 … 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘰 𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦 … 𝘴𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘶𝘭 … 𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘧 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘥!”
𔓕 “𝘐 𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘴𝘬 𝘴𝘰 𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 … 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺! 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘦! 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦, 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘦, 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘦. 𝘞𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳! 𝘈𝘭𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘺 𝘎𝘰𝘥, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘧𝘰𝘳!’ ”
This broke my heart ngl...
He did love Christine, yess he was obsessed with her, he was crazy and stalked her but he loved her as well and it was eventually the love that saved all of them. And as for Christine she didn't love him but she definitely liked him, she had a soft corner for him despite everything:
❥ “𝑯𝒆 𝒇𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒔 𝒎𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒐𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒚𝒆𝒕 𝑰 𝒅𝒐 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒉𝒊𝒎. 𝑯𝒐𝒘 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒉𝒊𝒎, 𝑹𝒂𝒐𝒖𝒍?”
Christine and Raoul loved each other. And tbh I liked both of them. Raoul was nice and in a way he was obsessed with her just like the phantom:
❥“𝑰 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖, 𝑪𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒆, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑰 𝒄𝒂𝒏𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖?”
“𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒎𝒆? 𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔, 𝑹𝒂𝒐𝒖𝒍.”
❥“𝑰 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒉𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒊𝒏 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒖𝒏𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅, 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖. 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒇𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑰 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒆 𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒈𝒐 𝒂𝒘𝒂𝒚, 𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘𝒍𝒆𝒅𝒈𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓.’ ”
❥ “𝑶𝒉, 𝒎𝒚 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒅, 𝒊𝒇 𝑰 𝒅𝒊𝒅 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖, 𝑰 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒐𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒓 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒎𝒚 𝒍𝒊𝒑𝒔! 𝑲𝒊𝒔𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎, 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆.”
❥ “𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒕; 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝑰 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒔𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒓”
𝘽𝙚𝙖𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙛𝙪𝙡 𝙬𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜:
✦“He railed against himself, he
cursed himself, he begged my forgiveness! He confessed that he had lied.
He loved me! He laid at my feet his immense, tragic love. It was love that
drove him to abduct me, to imprison me with him underground! But he
respected me: he grovelled, he moaned, he wept!”
✦“My Don Juan has not been
composed to a libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte, nor inspired by wine, wanton
love and profligacy doomed to incur the wrath of God. If you like, I can
play you Mozart’s version, so that you may shed your beautiful tears and
indulge in pious thoughts. You see, Christine, my own Don Juan is not
carried off to Hell by demons, and yet he burns …”
✦“You wanted to see! Then look!
Feast your eyes, sate your soul on my cursed ugliness! Stare at Erik’s face!
Was it not enough for you to hear me, eh? You had to know what I looked
like! Oh, you women are so inquisitive!”
✦“understand that I am entirely made of
death – from head to foot – and that it is a corpse who loves you, worships
you and will never, never leave you! I will have a larger coffin made,
Christine, for when our loving days finally come to an end! Look, I am not
laughing now, I am weeping, weeping for you, Christine, who have ripped
off my mask and therefore can never leave me now!”
✦“ You clearly love him! Your
fears, your terror, all of that is still born of love, and love of the most
exquisite kind, the kind that one does not admit even to oneself,’ said Raoul
bitterly. ‘The kind that gives you a thrill when you think of it. No wonder: a
mysterious man living in an underground palace!’ ”
✦“𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒂𝒏𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒎𝒖𝒛𝒛𝒍𝒆 𝒂 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒂𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒂 𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅.”
Wow! Some books are just once in a lifetime experience and this was just it.
𝘼 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙜𝙚𝙙𝙮!
✦ “𝑯𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒂𝒔 𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒍𝒚 𝒌𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒖𝒔.’ ‘𝑫𝒐𝒆𝒔 𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒐 𝒎𝒖𝒄𝒉?’ ‘𝒀𝒆𝒔, 𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒑 𝒂𝒕 𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒎𝒆, 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒎𝒖𝒓𝒅𝒆𝒓.’ ”
But in the end he dies for her:
✦ “𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒇𝒂𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅, 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒅𝒊𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒉𝒆𝒓. 𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆𝒅, 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒎𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒔! 𝑨𝒉, 𝑫𝒂𝒓𝒐𝒈𝒂, 𝒂𝒔 𝑰 𝒔𝒑𝒐𝒌𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒔 𝒎𝒚 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒏 𝒂𝒔𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒃𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒅: 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒔 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅: “𝑷𝒐𝒐𝒓, 𝒑𝒐𝒐𝒓 𝒖𝒏𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒚 𝑬𝒓𝒊𝒌!”
𝕿𝖍𝖊 𝖕𝖍𝖆𝖓𝖙𝖔𝖒 𝖔𝖋 𝖔𝖕𝖊𝖗𝖆:
“𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘰𝘮 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘖𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘴𝘵”
“𝘠𝘦𝘴, 𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘥, 𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘨𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘵 – 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴, 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘥𝘰𝘸”
The phantom is introduced in the beginning of the book and we are filled with thrill and there's a mystery about him. I went from being intrigued by him and to almost hating him and finally accepting him and loving him. He's grey character, he's a murderer, a criminal, a stalker but he doesn't enjoy doing any of it, all he ever wanted was just to be loved, to be looked at and it breaks my heart that he never experienced that love which he craved so much.But in the end i believe he did get a glimpse of it in Christine and that fulfills his wishes and he eventually redeems himself in a way.
𔓕 “𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘦𝘵, 𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯, 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢 𝘣𝘢𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘯. 𝘓𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘦𝘦! 𝘛𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥, 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘐 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧. 𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘦, 𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘣; 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘥𝘰 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘥.’ ”
𔓕 “𝘖𝘧 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 … 𝘋𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘢 … 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘥𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 … 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 … 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘵 … 𝘓𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯 … 𝘐 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘰 … 𝘐 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 … 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘦 … 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘶𝘭 … 𝘴𝘰 𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦 … 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘬𝘪𝘴𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘳 … 𝘐𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦, 𝘋𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘢 … 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘐 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘬𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯 … 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘰 𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦 … 𝘴𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘶𝘭 … 𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘧 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘥!”
𔓕 “𝘐 𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘴𝘬 𝘴𝘰 𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 … 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺! 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘦! 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦, 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘦, 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘦. 𝘞𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳! 𝘈𝘭𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘺 𝘎𝘰𝘥, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘧𝘰𝘳!’ ”
This broke my heart ngl...
He did love Christine, yess he was obsessed with her, he was crazy and stalked her but he loved her as well and it was eventually the love that saved all of them. And as for Christine she didn't love him but she definitely liked him, she had a soft corner for him despite everything:
❥ “𝑯𝒆 𝒇𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒔 𝒎𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒐𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒚𝒆𝒕 𝑰 𝒅𝒐 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒉𝒊𝒎. 𝑯𝒐𝒘 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒉𝒊𝒎, 𝑹𝒂𝒐𝒖𝒍?”
Christine and Raoul loved each other. And tbh I liked both of them. Raoul was nice and in a way he was obsessed with her just like the phantom:
❥“𝑰 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖, 𝑪𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒆, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑰 𝒄𝒂𝒏𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖?”
“𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒎𝒆? 𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔, 𝑹𝒂𝒐𝒖𝒍.”
❥“𝑰 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒉𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒊𝒏 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒖𝒏𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅, 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖. 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒇𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑰 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒆 𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒈𝒐 𝒂𝒘𝒂𝒚, 𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘𝒍𝒆𝒅𝒈𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓.’ ”
❥ “𝑶𝒉, 𝒎𝒚 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒅, 𝒊𝒇 𝑰 𝒅𝒊𝒅 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖, 𝑰 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒐𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒓 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒎𝒚 𝒍𝒊𝒑𝒔! 𝑲𝒊𝒔𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎, 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆.”
❥ “𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒕; 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝑰 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒔𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒓”
𝘽𝙚𝙖𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙛𝙪𝙡 𝙬𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜:
✦“He railed against himself, he
cursed himself, he begged my forgiveness! He confessed that he had lied.
He loved me! He laid at my feet his immense, tragic love. It was love that
drove him to abduct me, to imprison me with him underground! But he
respected me: he grovelled, he moaned, he wept!”
✦“My Don Juan has not been
composed to a libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte, nor inspired by wine, wanton
love and profligacy doomed to incur the wrath of God. If you like, I can
play you Mozart’s version, so that you may shed your beautiful tears and
indulge in pious thoughts. You see, Christine, my own Don Juan is not
carried off to Hell by demons, and yet he burns …”
✦“You wanted to see! Then look!
Feast your eyes, sate your soul on my cursed ugliness! Stare at Erik’s face!
Was it not enough for you to hear me, eh? You had to know what I looked
like! Oh, you women are so inquisitive!”
✦“understand that I am entirely made of
death – from head to foot – and that it is a corpse who loves you, worships
you and will never, never leave you! I will have a larger coffin made,
Christine, for when our loving days finally come to an end! Look, I am not
laughing now, I am weeping, weeping for you, Christine, who have ripped
off my mask and therefore can never leave me now!”
✦“ You clearly love him! Your
fears, your terror, all of that is still born of love, and love of the most
exquisite kind, the kind that one does not admit even to oneself,’ said Raoul
bitterly. ‘The kind that gives you a thrill when you think of it. No wonder: a
mysterious man living in an underground palace!’ ”
✦“𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒂𝒏𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒎𝒖𝒛𝒛𝒍𝒆 𝒂 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒂𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒂 𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅.”
Wow! Some books are just once in a lifetime experience and this was just it.
adventurous
dark
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
2.5
I read it in one day, it was fun and eerie, but a little rushed, perhaps i read a very simplified edition.
I read it in one day, it was fun and eerie, but a little rushed, perhaps i read a very simplified edition.
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes