Review: worth reading
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 09 18, 2013
The classics are always a tough read compared to modern books.  With Phantom, of course, you are always comparing to the play, and perhaps the many movies.  The book is able to get into much more depth than the play and many additional characters appear in the book than you will see in the play.  The character of Raoul is an annoying nincompoop and you wonder how Christine could be so infatuationed with him.  It is often a bit convoluted and hard to follow, but it doesn't leave any loose ends.  All is explained somewhere in the story, with multiple points of view.  It is never clear who the narrator is.  I'm glad I have added it to my inventory of "read" books, but I'm not sure I would say it was an excellent read.