The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
I wanted to like this more than I actually did. I know read a version of this book [probably an abridged one] back in highschool and have watched several iterations of the movie and liked them all.
The idea is awesome. The setting is properly "gothic". The characters were appropriately hotheaded, lovely, terrible and stupid, all as needed.
Unfortunately, Leroux's writing just didn't work for me. I can't pin it down exactly what it is that put me off, unfortunately. One of life's great mysteries I guess...
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