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ghostlly 's review for:
The Phantom of the Opera
by Gaston Leroux
Another book I decided to read because I love the movie, but this is one of those rare times I read the book and like the movie better.
I don't know if this was affected by the fact that this is one of my very first times trying out an audiobook, but I think it has something to do with it simply because the parts of the book I read stuck with me better than the parts of the book I chose to solely listen to. Regardless, the plot of the book is different from the movie, and I really felt lackluster when Erik decides to truly let Christine go with Raoul. I would've preferred reading it from the point of view of anyone of the three while it was happening rather than reading it from Erik's point of view after the fact, when he goes to see 'the Persian'. I know the climax is really supposed to be Raoul going after Christine at the house on the lake and then the choice Christine has between the grasshopper and scorpion, but I think I've been conditioned to see the confrontation between Erik, Raoul, and Christine as the climax of this story through seeing the movie so many times, and not getting that exchange in the book kind of soured it for me.
All in all, it was a good book, but I wonder if I would have enjoyed it more if I hadn't seen the movie (so many times) before reading the book.
I don't know if this was affected by the fact that this is one of my very first times trying out an audiobook, but I think it has something to do with it simply because the parts of the book I read stuck with me better than the parts of the book I chose to solely listen to. Regardless, the plot of the book is different from the movie, and I really felt lackluster when Erik decides to truly let Christine go with Raoul. I would've preferred reading it from the point of view of anyone of the three while it was happening rather than reading it from Erik's point of view after the fact, when he goes to see 'the Persian'. I know the climax is really supposed to be Raoul going after Christine at the house on the lake and then the choice Christine has between the grasshopper and scorpion, but I think I've been conditioned to see the confrontation between Erik, Raoul, and Christine as the climax of this story through seeing the movie so many times, and not getting that exchange in the book kind of soured it for me.
All in all, it was a good book, but I wonder if I would have enjoyed it more if I hadn't seen the movie (so many times) before reading the book.