A review by kathydubs
Emoji Phantom of the Opera: Epic Tales in Tiny Texts by Gaston Leroux, Katherine Furman

3.0

I received a copy of this book as a part of a Goodreads giveaway. Overall, I thought this was a really well done, shortened version of the long narrative of The Phantom of the Opera. The authors did a great job of staying true to the original story while updating the text and story line to make it more believable via texting and emails. Even though I think realistically people would not use as many emojis as were used in this book (just for sake of efficiency and the fast pace of events), I do get why there were so many emojis. I thought the little character emojis they created were cute, but honestly I did have to keep referencing the front of the book to remember who was part of each conversation. It might have been easier to just have names instead of those little detailed emoji faces. Also a bit nitpicky, the lack of page numbers or marked chapters was noticeable. I read this in one sitting but if I hadn't and had wanted to mark what page I was on, I would have to have a physical bookmark instead of just noting a page number of chapter number, since those things weren't noted. Overall, I thought the quality of the book was fantastic, the little poster inside is very cute, and found this to be a fun, fast read. I would recommend this to individuals already familiar with the original story or movie, just because without that context, some of this might have not made sense.