Reviews - Das Phantom der Oper: Roman

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Das Phantom der Oper: Roman

Gaston Leroux

3.77 AVERAGE

hantonins's review against another edition

3.0

*3.5

avereads12's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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

This is a very well written classic. Besides the fact that it was written in the early 1900s and thus the way they describe/talk about the character only known as "the Persian" is reflective of the views/culture in France at the time of its writing, it's overall still an interesting and engaging book by today's standards.

On a less serious note - the fact that I watched the Phantom of the Opera (the Gerald Butler/Emmy Rossum musical version) as a kid and thought Raoul was a little bitch boy - I feel vindicated. It's canon.

readingroundtheclock's review against another edition

3.5

mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

anna_brown's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

I love the musical, and now I love the book! The story is a little more intense and dark, but pretty similar to the musical. I would definitely recommend.

elreadsalot's review against another edition

2.0

dark slow-paced

jac_beh's review against another edition

4.75

It’s tough for me to rate as I’ve seen the musical and loved it before reading the book. It was an rollercoaster of emotions. The beginning or more like 2/3 was only okay but I LOVED the ending and the setting.

keywii's review against another edition

3.5

I can't decide if I liked the book or not. It certainly wasn't bad, definitely a page-turner at times but I don't know. Something was missing. I didn't really got into the characters and the story turned out pretty random when I anticipated a big reveal.