I thought it was not true to the characters I loved from the book and the musical. Please enter the message.Would you also like to submit a review for this item?
Because it says this is a sequel to Gaston Leroux's [After all, Leroux's book ends with Erik's death and Christine coming to bury him, her final promise to the man.
In fact, it begins before his years underground, in the Paris Opera House, introduces us to the woman who changed his life, and takes us along on his journey to the United States, where he develops an empire and becomes the Donald Trump of his day (all through a surrogate, so he never had to appear in public).
But I don't feel that Eric's emotional state was done as well as susan kay painted him.
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The Phantom of the Opera has been the subject of many adaptations.
Forsyth prefaces his novel with an analysis of Leroux's "The Phantom of the Opera" (which serves as the prequel to Forsyth's story).
"I'm not entirely sure what to think of this novel still. Well, this book answers that question. His complaints are as inane as they are nitpicking as they are strange!
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Extremely clever - gripping and tear-jerking.
How COULD you do a sequel?After Andrew Lloyd Webber announced he was making the sequel to “The Phantom of the Opera” based on Frederick Forsyth’s book “The Phantom of Manhattan”, I was very disappointed.
I'm in love with the original and the musical so I was super excited to read this.
A loyalty program that rewards you for your love of reading.There are currently no items in your Shopping Cart.More than two decades have passed since Antoinette Giry, the mistress of the corps de ballet at the Paris Opera, rescued a hideously disfigured boy named Erik from a carnival and brought him to live in the labyrinthine cellars of the opera house.
The author follows the Phantom's miraculous escape to New York where he begins a new and secret life, carving out for himself a kingdom of fortune and power.
Shame on you, Mr. Forsyth.I read most of the susan kay novel of the phantom up to the point where he was with Christine in the last few chapters.I agree with most people today that this is a tragedy and not a horror. This is all interesting except for the fact that Leroux CREATED the characters. To this day, an original copy of the soundtrack is still in my car and 20 years later, I'm still singing along and reciting random lines from the stage production.
InI cannot really say that I enjoyed this book. Cancel anytime.
'Oh my God, I'm dying.
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It is worth the read.As the book was out-of-print, I read this on my Kindle (which I hardly ever do). Check out this great listen on Audible.com.
Forsyth prefaces his novel with an analysis of Leroux's "The Phantom of the Opera" (which serves as the prequel to Forsyth's story).
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[And let's not forget in the book, where he threatens to [ I'd honestly have him left impotent than as the pathetic drunkard with a gambling problem he is in the musical.
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Now, as she lies dying in a convent, Madam Giry tells the untold story of the Phantom and his clandestine journey to New York City to start anew, where he would become a wealthy entrepreneur and build the glorious Manhattan Opera House...all so he could see his beloved, now a famous diva, once again.
He is best known for thrillers such as Frederick Forsyth, CBE is an English author and occasional political commentator.
I see a tunnel with light at the end.
I heard so many terrible things about it that it actually wasn't as bad as I imagined it to be.
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