The artwork was absolutely stunning. It really fit the haunting, almost otherworldly atmosphere of the book. The flow between panels was nice. My concern for readers is that they might not understand what is going on, since the graphic novel version leaves out so much important content, plotwise. If I hadn't seen the musical more times than anyone can count, I would have been lost. There was too much focus, in my opinion, on the love story between Christine and Raoul and not enough focus on the rest of the plotlines. The opening lines of each chapter meant to fill in holes didn't give enough detail, and I only knew who most of the characters were because of my love of the musical.

I love Phantom stories. I read, watch, and listen to them all.

I saw this and was very happy.

It did follow what I remember of the original novel, which I admit has been a long time since I read it. I was hearing the music of the Broadway musical in places that correlated with the book.

I wasn't happy with Erik's red eyes. In the original book, they were golden that seemed to glow. The red eyes demonize him more than what was needed.

My only other complaint was sometimes the word bubbles were hard to read because they were too small. I had to enlarge the the pages on my Ipad multiple times to read them.

This lushly illustrated comic adaptation of Gaston Leroux's classic French novel retains the original's menacing charm as it depicts both the glittering world of the opera and the terror that lurks beneath it. A great retelling for fans of the story and an excellent introduction to teens or adults just getting into classic literature and looking for an accessible gateway.

This graphic novel captures the story of The Phantom of the Opera well enough but it just took me some time to actually get through it. The art style of it was very well done for a classic.
I'm glad the art is nothing super modern looking because it definitely would not have been the same.

The physical book for this is probably going to be gorgeous based off of what I've seen but one thing that kept making me put this done was the style of the text bubbles. It just felt too scattered to me and this being a classic its not easy to transfer everything the characters are saying especially since the speech was not changed to anything more modern.

over all my favorite thing about this was definitely the visuals it is a very pretty graphic novel.

As a fan of all things Phantom, I was excited to see a graphic novel adaptation. The artwork was, at times, lovely. I’m sure I’ll be adding this to my collection when it’s published.

When I saw this graphic novel I just had to give it a go as I love the musical and have seen it many times. I loved the artwork in the graphic novel but did on occasions find the font difficult to read, I was reading it on my Ipad mini. However, that being said I loved this and will probably buy my own copy as I read it in one go and could not put it down. My thanks to r Diamond Book Distributors and #NetGalley for providing me with an advance reading copy of #ThePhantomoftheOperaTheGraphicNovel

A beautiful graphic novel that gives a face to Leroux' Phantom of the Opera. This graphic novel is a great way for young readers to be introduced to the famous story and for fans of The Phantom of the Opera to see a new side of this beautiful classic. It is a quick read and the art perfectly matches the ambiance of the original novel.

I was fortunate to have seen the musical in Toronto twice. Once in middle school and once in high school. As a choir kid, I performed many of the songs from the musical. And of course, I've seen the most recent American movie adaptation. Reading the graphic novel brings back fond memories. I enjoyed returning to this story.

I read the book ages ago (but don't remember it too well) and have seen multiple versions of the show, plus a few screen adaptations, so when I stumbled across this new graphic novel adaptation, I knew I had to give it a go.

I came away quite pleasantly surprised - despite being only 128 pages long, the author manages to fit in all salient plot points and it never reads hurried despite being somewhat condensed. The art is très Phantom - all gothic dark colours, opulent backgrounds and swirly detail. It's dramatic and gloomy and unsubtle, and thus perfectly suited to the tone of the story. Christine is blonde in this, which may take a bit of getting used to if you're used to the musical's version, which usually casts her brunette. (Personally I preferred it, because the first version I ever saw of Phantom was the 1990 miniseries with Charles Dance and Teri Polo, so blonde Christine was always the "original" to me.)

The story is nothing new, although I did have a giggle and an eyeroll or seven at Raoul's constant entitled whining. Good lord. Poor Christine, all her romantic choices are terrible.

All in all, a very worthy take on a classic. I can't believe it's the first time someone took this on in graphic novel format!

As a nearly life-long fan of the Phantom of the Opera, I have seen, heard, and read as many versions as I can find, so I could not let this one pass me up. Tomi's adaptation is decent (I am not a fan of adaptations) and evokes the same powerful emotions as Leroux's novel. From a narrative standpoint, the book is spot on and enjoyable. However, I was not a fan of the illustrations. The linework, color choices, and overall design felt muddled and conflicting with the story. I have read several POTO graphic novels and this one is my least favorite.

Thank you NetGalley and Diamond Book Distributors for the opportunity to read an advance reading copy.

The graphic novel is very nicely designed and I really liked the pictures!
Every page is nice to look at and makes you want more.
Unfortunately, I didn't like the story that much. I found it very confusing and understood very little. Since I don't know the original story for the graphic novel, I'm very disappointed. I just expected more: more drama, more emotions and more fear. A few more pages would certainly not have hurt the graphic novel.

In summary, it's a nice graphic novel that is nicely designed, but was rather disappointing in terms of content.


German review:
Die Graphic Novel ist sehr schön gestaltet und die Bilder haben mir sehr gut gefallen!
Jede Seite ist schön anzusehen und macht Lust auf mehr.
Die Geschichte hat mir allerdings leider nicht so gut gefallen. Ich fand es sehr verwirrend und habe nur wenig verstanden. Da ich die Originalgeschichte zu der Graphic Novel nicht kenne, bin ich sehr enttäuscht. Ich hatte einfach mehr erwartet: mehr Drama, mehr Gefühle und mehr Angst vor dem Phantom der Oper. Ein paar Seiten mehr hätten der Graphic novel bestimmt nicht geschadet.

Zusammenfassend ist es eine schöne Graphic novel, die schön gestaltet ist, aber inhaltlich eher enttäuschend war.

A beautiful rendition of a classic. The illustrations by Varga Tomi are stunning and bring to life this timeless tale. They make a sometimes confusing original story into something understandable by all. Most changes to the narrative and/or dropping of story points from the original novel by Gaston Leroux fit very well with the story Tomi is telling. He kept the narrative focus on the three leads. A must read for any Phantom of the Opera fan or a great introduction. A nice addition to the ever growing list of Phantom of the Opera adaptations.

Beautiful illustrations with slight tweaks to the classic story, carefully incorporated into a gothic setting. The Phantom himself was a but different but his originality was kept throughout the novel. Bravo Tomi for the effort you took to graph all the characters.

Thank you Varga Tomi, the publisher & Netgalley for the ARC. This is my own honest opinion.

No, your eyes are not deceiving you. This is really happening. There's a graphic novel adaptation of the classic novel, The Phantom of the Opera. Honestly, I almost find it more surprising that it's taken this long!

As a huge fan of The Phantom of the Opera, I knew that I had to give the graphic novel adaptation a try. Going into it, I obviously knew that some changes would arise, as is the case with any adaptation. There simply isn't enough time or space in a graphic novel to fit everything from a complete novel, especially not one such as The Phantom of the Opera.

On the whole, this gothic retelling is everything that I could have ever hoped for. The artwork is beautiful, the changes were made with precision and care. It kept true to the story, and to the core premise. Though with a twist here and there. The most notable twist being the decision to focus more on the horror elements of The Phantom of the Opera.

Oh, and that artwork! It's simply stunning. Every little detail, from the character designs to the backdrops, and everything in between. It all looked so rich and detailed, while leaning towards darker hues of reds. It all was a perfect fit for the time period and theme.

I'll admit some surprise on stylistic decisions made around the Phantom himself. He looks more like a ghoul in this telling...yet that also fits, in it's own way. Honestly, my only critique of the artwork is that I had trouble reading everything. That could just as likely have been a formatting issue for my ARC though, so I would be interested in hearing how it reads in printed format.

Honestly, I am new to this story. I've heard enough references in popular culture but never actually seen the musical or read the book so I went into this graphic novel with little expectation. The cover is what drew me to the book. If that is what the cover looks like, I really wanted to see the inside. It was arresting and intriguing.
As other reviewers have said, the story seems highly condensed and some parts are difficult to follow. However, the broad strikes of the story were there. The emotion of the characters and atmosphere of the illustrations ushered me along and filled in the gaps.
The illustrations are so cleverly done that you can feel the movement. Even the dialogue is placed so that you can hear their tone and even get a sense of the volume of the sounds. In sure this is common in graphic novels, but it felt particularly well done on this one.
There were 2 gaps that really bothered me. In the beginning, the father talks of the angel. But we don't get any explanation of how he knows about the angel. He seems to push his daughter into this bizarre relationship?
And the Persian. He comes out of nowhere. I would have liked some earlier sightings of him and perhaps a question on Raoul's mind.

I thought this was a different Phantom graphic novel that was coming out but it wasn't bad. The artwork is more like the artwork you see in comic books and I give it two thumbs up.

This is a graphic novel adaptation for Gaston Leroux's The Phantom of the Opera. In just over 100 pages Tomi managed to adapt and covert the original story pretty religiously. The dark colour palette and eerie illustration style also provided the perfect match for this Gothic story-line. Small portions could prove difficult to follow if you were not well-versed in particulars of the original, but this still remained a brilliant illustrative rendering of one of my favourite classics.

I was actually quite disappointed. Dont get me wrong the story was well thought out. But I didnt enjoy it as much as I thought I would. And I wasnt to impress with the art work as well. I felt it was as exciting as I thought it should.

The cover of this book is gorgeous and I saw the Phantom of the Opera last year and loved the story, so I was excited to read this. For me, this was a good rendition of the story; however, it is a long story, so difficult to make in to 100 pages seamlessly. I do like that there is a lot of dialogue; however, some of the story felt quite rushed with little black text boxes of storyline to speed things up, where I would have preferred a longer book without the plot boxes. I found the art inside good; but not as amazing as the front cover and I was a little upset that they didn't go with the true phantom of the opera mask and went with something scarier. But, it was a quick way to take in the story if it interests you!

I am a sucker for a Phantom themed rendition of anything and this was an absolutely STUNNING experience. The art was beautiful and I cannot express enough how distracted I got from carrying on in order to look at all the beautiful art