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 ...
Hmmm...maybe 3.5 stars.Even though I've not seen the musical version of this and came to it with no real preconceived expectations, it was still totally not what I expected. For me the love story was secondary to the fascinating story of the opera house and it's inhabitants.Buddy read with Anna :-).
If you've seen the musical or movie you know the story - Opera Ghost terrorizes managers and presents himself as an Angel of Music to the up and coming Christine Daae. He gives her lessons and tries to make her fall in love with him with some success. But then Christine's childhood friend, Raoul, ...
The book is nothing like the musical.I just thought I'd give everyone a heads up in case they're thoroughly in love with the musical and don't want to read anything that deviates from it -- even though technically the musical deviated from the book. I read a few reviews where the reviewers were dis...
It is about time I've read this old horror classic. I've seen the 1925 Lon Chaney film, The 1943 movie with Claude Rains movie (My favorite even though it is the less horrific and inundated with light operatic moments), the 1962 Hammer film and the film of Webber's musical (My least favorite. I am s...
A very emotional story. I sympathize with Erik a lot. It's a shame that he was not accepted because of how he looks though he has so many special talents. It shows people's shallowness. They prefer a handsome Raoul over a 'monstreous' Erik.
Don't look at my star rating to judge this book. I am not your typical mystery reader. Yup, it is amusing. Yup, all the parts weave together perfectly. It is very different from the musical, which I totally loved. I was pulled in and moved by the musical, not by this. This had parts that were quite ...
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