Letters to Erik: The Ghost's Love Story
by An Wallace
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Author: An WallaceEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2008-01-23
ISBN: 143271354X
Number of pages: 476
Publisher: Outskirts Press
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Book Review: A Great Ending to the Original Novel
Summary: 5 Stars
First off, if you're a Susan Kay fan, this probably isn't the book for you. But if you always wanted a happy ending to Leroux's novel, then read "Letters to Erik." Picking up where Leroux left off, the novel follows Christine as she marries Raoul, then becomes a widow several years later and moves back to Paris with her son. And finds out she's not the only one back in town...
Now, I edit manuscripts as part of my job, so I have to admit that this book is not perfect, particularly from a technical perspective. It has the feel of a self-published novel--that is to say, it clearly suffered from the lack of an editor. For example, it could use more detail in setting up the scenes and there are redundant passages. There are also odd lapses in her research of the Victorian world. She makes use of obscure historical information (such as the theories regarding who the real "Erik" was and family genealogies), then makes obvious mistakes. For example, she states at one point that a character is in the advanced stages of consumption--but he gets over it. Apparently she doesn't realize that "consumption" was the colloquial name for tuberculosis, which was incurable up through the first part of the 20th century. The editor in me wants to critique the manuscript and send it back to An for a final revision, because this could easily go from being good to being great.
For all it's technical problems, it was a very good story. The letters are the best part of the book; I wish the author had stuck to the letter format for more of the novel. I couldn't put it down. The story isn't thrilling or fraught with conflict, but that's primarily because this book is meant to be the closing chapters of the original "The Phantom of the Opera," which is thrilling enough. And as a finish to the original, I thought An nicely captured the characters' personalities. Christine is an especially well-developed character. It's a pleasure to watch her develop from the naive girl into the mature woman. There are passages that made me laugh out loud and letters that made me cry. "Letters to Erik" resonated with me in a way Susan Kay and other versions never did. And the ending is a hoot!
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