Reviews tagging 'Suicide'
The Phantom of the Opera (AmazonClassics Edition), by Gaston Leroux, Tim Campbell
9 reviews
fishbones's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Stalking, Kidnapping, Emotional abuse, and Murder
Moderate: Suicide
linnylionheart's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Body shaming, Stalking, Emotional abuse, Torture, Confinement, Kidnapping, Death, Gaslighting, and Murder
Moderate: Bullying, Mental illness, Classism, Suicide attempt, and Suicide
Minor: Child abuse, Misogyny, Blood, and Death of parent
mengzhenreads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Kidnapping, Murder, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Torture, Death, and Emotional abuse
Minor: Death of parent, Suicide, and Suicide attempt
apersonfromflorida's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Kidnapping, Toxic relationship, and Death
Moderate: Murder and Torture
Minor: Suicide
annoyedhumanoid's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Kidnapping, Toxic relationship, and Torture
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Grief, Gun violence, Death, Suicide attempt, Violence, Murder, and Suicide
Minor: Alcohol, Classism, Blood, and Fire/Fire injury
whisper88's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.25
Minor: Suicide
wolfiegrrrl's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Mostly, I wanted to see what Erik's deal was because he has so much more going on than what the adaptations of the character that I'm familiar with touch on. Now that I have listened to the entire book and its epilogue, I'd say that the best way to describe Leroux's Phantom is "the character whose OP backstory was created after the main story was written in order to explain how the mystery worked and prove that it was just a man the entire time!" but it honestly leaves me with more questions than answers. I also really wasn't fond of the sentiment about birth deformities being a sign of inherent inner evil to be pitied by the "beautiful" people of the world, so I don't really know what to make of that regarding Erik's character development at the end.
That being said, the novel was rather boring in how it mostly consisted of uneventful exposition dumps until the story picks up about halfway through when the Phantom and the Persian take more prominent roles. Their part of the story is still mostly large exposition dumps, but at least those dumps were entertaining in how absolutely buck wild they are. My main complaint is that having to follow a whiny, self-entitled Raoul around through the eyes of the narrator was so draining because he is a prime example of the Nice Guy trope and I can't really say I was rooting for him like we're so clearly supposed to.
It was fun to spot all of the story/character notes that the musical plucked out when reworking the plot into more of a dark romance. Having experienced Leroux's original work, I now have a greater appreciation for adaptations that play around with the fun and interesting concepts that are laid out in the novel.
Graphic: Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Torture, Violence, Murder, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, and Stalking
Moderate: Death, Suicidal thoughts, and Confinement
Minor: Death of parent, Suicide, and Racial slurs
monicalaurette's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
“It is a matter of life and death. And now, silence and follow me!”
“He asked only to be “someone”, like everyone else.”
“He had a heart that could have held the world; and, in the end, had to content himself with a cellar.”
Spoiler
I forgot that the phantom’s name is Erik lmaoSpoiler
I was sad that Meg and Mme. Giry didn’t have as big of a role in this version of the story, having the ‘Hand at the level of your eye’ scene be with the Persian and not Mme. Giry, and not having Meg and Christine be friends.Spoiler
That being said, I did like the Persian. I thought he was a fun character to incorporate.Spoiler
Yeah Erik, you had a tough childhood...still not a great excuse to kill and kidnap people my guy!Spoiler
Gets a kiss from a woman and then dies, ME AS WELL ERIK, ME AS WELL!Graphic: Death and Suicide
Moderate: Ableism, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, and Murder
Minor: Death of parent and Torture
zos's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
When I read this for the first time, I remember being totally taken aback by the scene with the lake.
Probably won't reread, but I did enjoy it while reading.
Graphic: Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Murder, and Stalking
Moderate: Death, Murder, Torture, and Emotional abuse
Minor: Death of parent, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Racial slurs, and Racism