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Summary: Brooke's Book
Review: Deep below the stage of the Paris Opera House lives a man created by Gaston Leroux who is known only as the Opera Ghost. He hides his face behind a mask and plays tricks that are taken lightly, until several theater workers turn up dead and the beautiful rising diva, Christine Diaee, sudddnly disappears. Her only hope is her lover Raul who is determined to save her no matter what it takes, but will he arrive in time to save his love or will the Phantom of the Opera and his demented love prevail? This is an awesome book that is sure to please anyone looking for a good book.
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Summary: Here's there inside your mind
Review: One of the best pieces of literature I have ever had the pleasure of reading. The story starts off slow but once it starts to pick up, it's a definite page turner.This is more of a psychological thriller than anything. Sometimes you doubt that the Phantom is real but then something happens to make you second guess yourself. The ending was not what I had expected at all and I was a little disappointed with the timidity of Christine Daae. Christine is one of the stranger characters in literature and I really expected her, at the end, to become one of the greats in Opera but Gaston Lureaux was not inclined to be conventional. A must have for every collection of classic literature.
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Summary: a story of tragic love, desire, and death
Review: this is a novel full of suspense and keep you on the edge of your seat thrills. at first i was a little skeptical about reading this, but as i started, i could not put it down. gaston leroux amazed me with the facts and fictions of the "opera ghost". it brought me to new terms with erik and his lust for christine. i felt for erik and even cried with him. it is a must have for all phantom phans.
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Summary: The Phantom Kicks ...
Review: "The Phantom of the Opera"
By Gaston Leroux Do not be fool by the title of the novel, because it is not only about a scary little phantom that runs around the Paris Grand Opera House, scaring Englishmen and Englishwomen, but a story of love, fate, and the scrutiny of life. Gaston Leroux has successfully led the readers into fantasy where love is torn between two lovers who have known each other since childhood and a phantom that has the unlimited powers to break these two lovers apart. He too needs and seeks affection, but his wretched appearance bestow his fate which detains him of his own solitude. Humans fear him and consider him as a "Phantom" and not as a human being, which he is. In the end, there is a sense of sympathy that is understandable for which this phantom had endured. "The Phantom of the Opera" is a fascinating book. Gaston Leroux doesn't allow the reader to have a clear understanding of the phantom in the Opera, but gives the reader a chance to be an investigator, like Sherlock Holmes, to predict the character of the opera ghost. In the very first chapter, Leroux illustrate how the name of the ghost has already struck fear into people's minds. "...For several months, there had been nothing discussed at the Opera but this ghost in dress clothes who stalked about the building, from the top to bottom, like a shadow...to whom nobody dared speak..."(pg.8). Leroux build the phantom as an assassin, strolling around in the midst of darkness and no one ever dare see or wants to see. It is up for the reader to predict or conclude whether or not the ghost is a villain or a hero. Not only does the novel have a mystery for the reader to solve, it also incorporates a love story. Christine Dae, a singer who the ghost desires, has affection for her childhood friend, Raoul de chagny, but couldn't endorse any compassion for Raoul, because she was under the ghost's spell. The ghost solemnly seeks Christine for she is his "Angel of Music" and for her to love Raoul would jeopardize his life. The love torn relationship would arise in a conflict that the three, Christine, Raoul, and O.G, are confronted by their feelings and only one would bear Christine's love. I recommend this book to all ages, because it is a well rounded book that keeps a reader on his toe. Each chapter seems to indulge the reader in predicting the outcome of the story and makes the reader not wanting to stop, but to read on and see what might happen to Christine, Raoul, and the Opera ghost. I was amazed and flabbergasted how the ending had turned out. The ending has a message that is bold in its statement and allows the reader to reflect on life. I give this novel a five.
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Summary: Bravo !
Review: OMG, if you only read one more novel in your life, look no further! I saw the play before I read the book and trust me, the book is equally breathtaking! It is romantic, tragic, and beautiful. You learn to love all the characters(And I'm sorry, but even though I love the Phantom I cannot ever hate Raoul). You are guaranteed to cry at the end. I love this book so much I've already read it more times than I can count. This book is a true masterpiece, a true work of art. Read this book. You will be so glad you did!
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Summary: wonderful!...,yet sad
Review: loved it !!!... even thoughit sad it was a wonderful book
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Summary: Classic Horror the Way it Should Be
Review: Gaston Leroux's classic is one of the finest horror stories I've ever read. Even without all the gore provided by modern horrors, this book still has the uncanny ability to keep one awake at night. If Andrew Lloyd Webber's version of Phantom is the only one you are familiar with, I would definitely recommend getting familiar with this, the original, as Webber has somewhat molested the tale, turning it into a love story, in an effort to make it more marketable as a musical.
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Summary: Great for all Phantom nuts
Review: This is the one that started the whole Phantom Phad!
This book is totally out of this world!! You must get it, even if you are not a Phantom Phreak like I am.
Gaston Leroux sure wrote a great book! The story is suspenseful and thrilling, and at the end it is so sad that when I read it I cried. You just can't help but feel very sorry for the poor Phantom(whose real name is Erik).
If some of the chapter names confuse you, you're not alone. I was baffled, too. The titles are REAL long, such as " The Continuation Of The Singular Behavior Of A Safety Pin", instead of just "The Safety Pin". I guess that's how people wrote their books in 1911.
This book is wonderful, and you should get it, even if you've never heard about Phantom of the Opera before! You'll love it from the first chapter to the last.
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Summary: The book that started it all
Review: Leroux's legacy, it is a lasting masterpierce. However I had the (mis)fortune of reading Susan Kay's lamentably better version before the original.
While this is a wonderful story, Kay's is better (my opinion, not the final word!). So perhaps I am somewhat flawed in my opinion. "The most tragic of grown up fairy tales" I once said in a book report, and it still holds true. If you're a real phan of Erik, you simply must read this.
Enjoyed the musical? read this. Like a good book? read this. Love falling in love with seductive, dark, mysterious men who can sing like nobodies business? Read this!
As I once read, we are all obsessed (subconsciously) by sex and death; and the Phantom embodies both. So everyone should enjoy this on some level. Unless you're some freak who is internally unbalanced and lives in a cellar, serenading innocent chorus girls with your manipulative voice. :P
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Summary: Interesting and quirky mystery...
Review: I just returned from Paris where I visited the Opera house in which the Phantom of the Opera story is set. I also re-read the novel as a precursor to my visit. The main thing I can tell you about this story is that, to me, the Opera house itself is the main attraction of this story. The story itself is not all that great, although interesting and fairly original in its execution. As I wandered the labyrinthian halls of the Opera I definitely benefitted by having re-read the book, since it gave me all kinds of secret fantasies about the building and secret passageways. If you get the chance to go to Paris you must see this building!!! Next time I think I'll bring my copy of the book along and sit in a quiet corner of the Opera house and read!
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