Reviews - Das Phantom der Oper: Roman

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Das Phantom der Oper: Roman

Gaston Leroux

3.77 AVERAGE

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

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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

saarania's review against another edition

4.0

Wonderful piano and vocal arrangements. I personally love this musical, despite the fact that most of the songs included here are hugely over-used. I adore them, none the less, both to play and to sing.

bluenote's review against another edition

3.5

mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

The first thing I have to say about this is that I really enjoyed the reading experience. I'd heard of the story but only the musicals (?) so I didn't know what to expect. The genre classifications (SG says its horror and mystery) kinda had me thinking it would be much darker but than it was. I really liked the layout of the story; how its an investigative journalist sharing to us what happened. The beginning was a bit difficult for me, as there were a lot of characters and backstories and at that point I didn't know who would be the one to look out for and who not so I struggled there. But once I got into the swing of it I just breezed through it

I'm not sure how I feel about the Persian character just becoming that important in the third act, or the new managers being dropped as Christine is kidnapped, so the execution is at some points interesting. I really enjoyed the new managers refusing to believe the existent of a ghost lol

In the end I came to really like that the ghost wasn't a ghost, but just a guy that was too ashamed to come out in plain sight, and instead lived through all the backstage side effects that make a theatre performance, as a "trap door lover". To me it feels like an homage to theatre/opera/stage performance that there are so many things that go into a performance backstage, that you can make magic backstage ... you can even make a ghost !