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3.77 AVERAGE
3.77 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
funny
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Please note that I read an earlier English translation of this that is in the public domain so I might not have received the full experience of this book but honestly I liked this book enough to want to re-read it at some point with an more recent English language translation of it!
That being said this is a book much like Bram Stoker's "Dracula" that tends to be my favorite kind of classic literature! A type of book that has had many film adaptations/takes on it, and has a bit of a "sacred cow" associations to it, but in reality is actually a well done potboiler of a book that is fun to read yet still has stuff going on underneath the surface!
I am really glad to have FINALLY cleared this one off my bucket list in some shape or form!
That being said this is a book much like Bram Stoker's "Dracula" that tends to be my favorite kind of classic literature! A type of book that has had many film adaptations/takes on it, and has a bit of a "sacred cow" associations to it, but in reality is actually a well done potboiler of a book that is fun to read yet still has stuff going on underneath the surface!
I am really glad to have FINALLY cleared this one off my bucket list in some shape or form!
Un libro de otra época, de un romanticismo tardío. Muy suntuoso, con misterios en un capítulo que se resuelven en el siguiente. Muy sufrido, muy apasionado, muy irreal, de ótra época. La dicotomía de un antihéroe al cual debemos entender y querer. Fue una buena lectura.
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
An interesting read in terms of its status as the source for Andrew Lloyd Webber’s hit musical and the story’s popularity after its publication in 1910. Here, the “Opera Ghost” is a full-on murderous villain, cruelly tormenting and torturing the staff and spectators at the Paris Opera while obsessively stalking a young opera singer. It is messily plotted, absurd and sensational but a lot of fun in places.
My second read through of this awesome novel, twenty years makes all the difference in the things I pick up on. I still love it though. It's such a heady mixture of horror, opulence, absurdity and pity. "Poor Erik!" indeed.
The Phantom of the Opera starts out painfully slow but once it starts going it's good. It's a good horror novel that holds a huge place in the cultural landscape, being adapted many times over the years. I've never seen any adaptations, and I suspect that a trimmed down version of this story would actually improve it, but the original is still worth a read.
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes