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corinatter 's review for:
Das Phantom der Oper
by Gaston Leroux
I remember reading the Phantom of the Opera years ago. I read Dracula around the same time and I remember that I was hardly scared of the vampire book, but Laroux’s novel freaked me out.
I re-read for that reason. Don’t get me wrong, I still liked it. Especially Leroux’s description of the opera house and its inhabitants. But it wasn’t particularly scary anymore. It might just be Laroux’s pacing, let’s face it. We’re in the middle of a really suspenseful scene and he just goes: Oh! Let’s learn how Daroga met the Phantom! Couldn’t we have gotten that out of the way at the beginning of the novel?
I’m still touched by Erik’s story, for sure. He was the villain of course, a monster. Not because of his dreadful appearance, but because of how mad, how desperate and bitter he became due to the way society shunned him. And I’m touched by his love for Christine... it is the ending that gets me the most when he tells Daroga over and over that she cried with him. What a life that man must have lived if this moves him so...
Considering all, I still liked it. The musical touches me even more, but then again, it’s very different.
I re-read for that reason. Don’t get me wrong, I still liked it. Especially Leroux’s description of the opera house and its inhabitants. But it wasn’t particularly scary anymore. It might just be Laroux’s pacing, let’s face it. We’re in the middle of a really suspenseful scene and he just goes: Oh! Let’s learn how Daroga met the Phantom! Couldn’t we have gotten that out of the way at the beginning of the novel?
I’m still touched by Erik’s story, for sure. He was the villain of course, a monster. Not because of his dreadful appearance, but because of how mad, how desperate and bitter he became due to the way society shunned him. And I’m touched by his love for Christine... it is the ending that gets me the most when he tells Daroga over and over that she cried with him. What a life that man must have lived if this moves him so...
Considering all, I still liked it. The musical touches me even more, but then again, it’s very different.