A review by lollalong
The Phantom of the Opera (Classic Starts Series) by Arthur Pober, Gaston Leroux, Diane Namm, Troy Howell

4.0

This was a lot shorter than I expected it to be and I finished it a couple of days ago but only just gotten round to updating. I found it interesting to see where the influences had been drawn for the musical and I am happy that the musical doesn't deviate too far from the story as is the case with Les Misérables, which is a far larger book. I love the way that the story is told through the eyes of different people and from snippets of conversations with people that were there at the time. I feel somewhat sorry for Erik but a tragic back story does not mean that the actions of a person can be forgiven.