I do not have a review up yet, but check out what I do have instead: an eagle-eyed internet spelunker Jade just sent me this amazing link to the best thing ever, which she describes as "the laziest Mary Sue I have ever seen". If you've ever wanted to be as completely ridiculous as possible about the Phantom story, now you can do so without even writing your own bad fanfiction: these guys will do it for you!

Except, you know, with Leroux, so it'll be better. I think. I can't actually tell what translation or retelling is going on there, plus the character selector defaults Christine to dark brown hair, so your guess is as good as mine (but the Persian is there!).

Clearly, I need to own one just for the lulz. But also for Serious Scholarly Study. Yes. That's what this is about.

EDIT: It says "Adapted from the classic by Gaston Leroux." The opportunities for comedy are really endless.