The Voice Unmasked
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| Title: | The Voice Unmasked |
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| Author(s): | Sharon Young |
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| Date(s): | mid to late 1990s |
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| Genre: | het |
| Fandom: | Phantom of the Opera |
| Language: | English |
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The Voice Unmasked is a het Phantom of the Opera 234-page novel by Sharon Young. Color cover & 13 illustrations, 3 in color.
Summary
"The arrival of an American in the Costume Dept. of the Paris Opera sparks conflict with the Phantom. But Erik has a new dilemma- does he love Christine or this irritating foreigner? The Phantom with a happy ending."
Reactions and Reviews
The Voice Unmasked lacks direction and likable characters. The plot skitters all over the place--first, Native-American born Ami goes to the Opera and, not being known for cowtowing to local specters, issues a challenge to the resident Ghost. The Ghost, who has suddenly become utterly incompetent and downright doltish, is whipped in the contest by young Ami. But then, everyone is conquered by Ami. The "wild Indian of the Opera," as she is frequently and annoyingly dubbed, is young, brilliant, beautiful, the world's most wonderful voice (forget Erik!), powerful, a quicker thinker on her feet than either MacGyver or Sherlock Holmes, etc., etc. The European characters are helpless before her brash naturalness. As is evident just in the opening scene (where Ami, dressed in male traditional Native American wear, gets a job from the Opera's managers simply because they don't want to see her disappointed), realism does not factor into this work. The pictures (by author Young) are vivid and well-done, but the text simply doesn't cut it. [1]