Book Review: The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux

The Phantom of the Opera is a well-narrated horror, fiction, mystery, romance, adventure, in short, a mixture of several genres beautifully narrated in musical words. The story of the novel revolves around the main characters that are, Erik, Christine and Raoul.

The novel can be summarized as follows. Apparently, the Paris Opera was considered a haunted place. Christine was offered a position in the opera house and in that house she used to hear melancholic sounds, which finally caught her attention. The news spread throughout the house that it was haunted and therefore the managers had to refute this.

In Paris, Christine received a visit from her childhood friend Raoul and, through some meetings and engagements, discovered that Christine was in conversation with a strange man. Suddenly he had developed the ability to sing and there was no trace of who taught him and he gives credit to the angel of music that his father referred to as a dominant character in his stories, the voice belonged to the haunted ghost.

Little by little, Eric and Christine shared a deep bond and their relationship grew stronger over time, seeing all this, Raoul realized that the ghost was a madman and had taken Christine under his control because Christine had seen his face. real. As a result of which Raoul made all attempts to run away with Christine, but the haunted figure would not allow it.

At the time Leroux finished writing this book, there were many rumors about haunted ghosts in cities that were exaggerated stories. The author throughout the book had maintained the decorum of the scenes using melodramatic words.

Each novel consists of a hero and a heroine, but the interest and suspense remain with another character like Eric in this story. He was the key element in making the novel feel more interesting, The Phantom of the Opera turned out to be a huge success and has been read and adapted all over the world.