I wanted to like this one more than i did. I hate when i dislike a classic because i feel like i'm just dumb and i'm missing something, but other negative reviews of this book make me feel a little bit better about the way i feel about it. (Also, it seems to me that a lot of the positive reviews are...
“No more talk of darkness. Forget these wide-eyed fears. I'm here, nothing can harm you. My words will warm you and calm you...” OK OK, I won't go there, no Andrew Lloyd Wibbly in this review. The Phantom of the Opera seems to have joined the rank of books that few people bother to read because too ...
I am sure you have heard of that book. The musical is legendary, the character has been used for so many stories, everyone has heard about "The Phantom Of The Opera" - even if it's because of the Animaniacs or the Duck Tales or Sherlock Holmes. But have you read the book? Yes? Fine! Did you like ...
"Your soul is a beautiful thing, child" replied the grave man's voice, "and I thank you. No emperor ever received so fair a gift. The angels wept tonight." I have always liked the Phantom of the Opera but this the first time I have actually read the book. This is such a classic, beautiful story. Er...
This is a work of Gothic fiction that does not really live up to its hype. It has some good features, notably the setting in and below the Paris Opera House, but it is silly without being charmingly silly. Its very much a melodramatic potboiler. It has a number of interesting ideas, but in the en...
bookshelves: winter20092010, published-1910, re-read, fraudio, boo-scary, classic, gothic, france, play-dramatisation Read in December, 2009 ** spoiler alert ** Tragedy strikes at the Opera House - home to a fabled ghost. Set in 1880s Paris, Gaston Leroux's classic tale stars Anna Massey
While I was in New York City, living it up on 7th and 27th, I decided that I would go see a musical, with friends, on Broadway. However, being the 'buy-first-think-later' student that I am, most of the musicals were out of my price range. The suitcase load of cheaper comics and novels had something ...
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