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The Phantom of the Opera - Community Reviews back

by Gaston Leroux, Jann Matlock, Mireille Ribiere
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Elentarri's Book Blog
Elentarri's Book Blog rated it 5 years ago
TITLE: The Phantom of the Opera AUTHOR: Gaston Leroux TRANSLATOR: David Coward FORMAT: Paperback ISBN-13: 9780199694570 EDITION: Oxford World's Classics _________________________________ DESCRIPTION: "First published in French as a serial in 1909, "The Phantom of the Opera" is a rive...
Reading is my ESCAPE from Reality!
Reading is my ESCAPE from Reality! rated it 7 years ago
I read this with the serial reader app. I love how accessible it makes classic books. You get a small portion of the book each day, and before you know it... you're done. I even find myself reading ahead from time to time to see what happens next. I never read this one before and I never even saw ...
A Spoopy Love Affair With Books
A Spoopy Love Affair With Books rated it 8 years ago
Well, that was crappy. Things do happen in this novel, and yet, it somehow manages to be completely anticlimactic. How? Everything important happens "off-screen" to characters Leroux never bothered to even consider that someone would want to read about, despite being the lead characters in the novel...
danae
danae rated it 8 years ago
I wanted to like this one more than i did. I hate when i dislike a classic because i feel like i'm just dumb and i'm missing something, but other negative reviews of this book make me feel a little bit better about the way i feel about it. (Also, it seems to me that a lot of the positive reviews are...
Book Ramblings
Book Ramblings rated it 9 years ago
“No more talk of darkness. Forget these wide-eyed fears. I'm here, nothing can harm you. My words will warm you and calm you...” OK OK, I won't go there, no Andrew Lloyd Wibbly in this review. The Phantom of the Opera seems to have joined the rank of books that few people bother to read because too ...
Bark at the Ghouls
Bark at the Ghouls rated it 9 years ago
Well, that was melodramatic. Because I quit a book last week, I forced myself to finish this one. I can finish anything on audio, thought I. I am not a quitter, thought I. But after struggling to focus on this and backtracking 2 hours because I realized I had been daydreaming the entire time, I ha...
Reader & Dreamer
Reader & Dreamer rated it 10 years ago
Gothic ! Horror and Romance
with a book and a cup of tea
with a book and a cup of tea rated it 10 years ago
I am sure you have heard of that book. The musical is legendary, the character has been used for so many stories, everyone has heard about "The Phantom Of The Opera" - even if it's because of the Animaniacs or the Duck Tales or Sherlock Holmes. But have you read the book? Yes? Fine! Did you like ...
For Those About to Read
For Those About to Read rated it 10 years ago
"Your soul is a beautiful thing, child" replied the grave man's voice, "and I thank you. No emperor ever received so fair a gift. The angels wept tonight." I have always liked the Phantom of the Opera but this the first time I have actually read the book. This is such a classic, beautiful story. Er...
Julian Meynell's Books
Julian Meynell's Books rated it 10 years ago
This is a work of Gothic fiction that does not really live up to its hype. It has some good features, notably the setting in and below the Paris Opera House, but it is silly without being charmingly silly. Its very much a melodramatic potboiler. It has a number of interesting ideas, but in the en...
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