Language: PG (9 swears, 0 “f”); Mature Content: PG; Violence: PG13
BUYING ADVISORY: HS - ADVISABLE
AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE
The narrator has gathered the facts and is writing to put forth the true story of the Opera Ghost – who surely was real. Madame Giry knew him as generous. Management knew him as a curse. Christine knew him as the Voice, her Angel of Music. Raoul knew him as a rival.
Originally published in French in 1909, this classic is one that the Horror Writers Association (HWA) wants to keep alive in their horror genre reprints, though reading it didn’t feel like how I imagined a horror would. Leroux includes footnotes throughout the book, and the HWA have added notes in the introduction and after the epilogue to expound on the context of this story and its author. While the text can be difficult to work through at a few points, I enjoyed reading the original story behind the beloved musical.
Christine and her father are Swedish, Daroga is Persian, and Carlotta is Spanish. Raoul, his brother, and all the other characters are French. The mature content rating is for mention of alcohol. The violence rating is for gun use, mentions of hanging and murder, and attempted suicide.
Reviewer: Carolina Herdegen
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