Reviews - O Fantasma da Ópera

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O Fantasma da Ópera

Gaston Leroux

3.77 AVERAGE

megan_bbender's review against another edition

3.5

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

My review is a bit biased because I love The Phantom of the Opera, but I found that the book was a bit hard to follow along with. I'm not sure if that's because it's old language and also translated, but the sentences seemed very, very choppy to read and nothing really seemed to flow well together.

I found that I was able to follow the dialogue fine, but I had a hard time keeping track of the environment. For example, where the scene was taking place. I also had trouble envisioning the environment based off the descriptions in the book and I couldn't really ever piece places together.

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kamailla_creme's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I solidly enjoyed the book. It was an easy read. I've only seen the movie, although I'd love to watch the musical. The book goes way more in depth than the movie, notably giving way more context/background to the O. G. through the Persian. I was also surprised how much was told by Raoul and almost none from Christine. That it was written as a journalistic inquiry was also quite interesting.

itsjustme_yey's review against another edition

4.0

dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

l_gilb_the_elder's review against another edition

3.0

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

A rarity to be sure, but I prefer the movie (2004 musical) to the book. It's not often I say that! The characterizations in the book were disappointing and a bit over the top, drama-wise. The book started out well, as far as writing, but then switched to "reports" instead of a narrative, which for me, took away from the story.

elminowski's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

mykaela's review against another edition

3.0

Honestly, this is another book I should have dnf'd. I actually haven't seen the musical/play so I really didn't have much context coming in. I could get into parts of it but most of it was a drag for me. I wonder how different the experience would be if I knew the material prior.

eliiiiiiiii's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

theathing's review against another edition

3.5

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Enjoyed it enough, found the difference between it and the musical interesting. Clearly well thought out and I enjoyed the extra depth to the character of Erik through the Persian.

mythokaa's review against another edition

3.5

dark mysterious medium-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

Raoul the final boss of Himbo’s

drew_g_'s review against another edition

2.5

adventurous emotional mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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