A review by smateer73
The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux

5.0

This book was so good. It was masterfully crafted, and kept me in perfect suspense until all was revealed. It calls into question humanity, and the gifts of music, the way the mind works, the fits of human and superhuman love. Overall I loved this book, it is so different from the musical in the way Erik is presented, however. He is dark and degraded, but only wants love. Are we to judge him, for wanting the impossible and going to great, horrendous lengths to get there. This was expertly crafted, yet another example of how modern literature can never match the time honored classics.