Well, Kay also ends the book by paying respects and homage to Leroux and the stage musical. She admits she tried to make her book a happy medium between the original and the musical. She beats Forsyth based purely on class.
I can't believe that Forsyth begins his book by insulting Gaston Leroux and his book. I read the book and it was really well written. Wow, thank God that even though Love Never Dies is based on this mess, ALW made it somewhat better than the original book.
I came across a similar problem when I was reading looking glass wars badder badmouths Lewis Carroll every chance he gets and turn him in to an idiot it got really annoying real fast Lewis Carroll with many things but I don’t think he was an idiot .
Damn, I remember wasting 11 bucks on this book that I found in the clearance bin at Barnes & Nobles. It read like bad fan fiction. Your review mirrors much of my initial reaction to that garbage perfectly.
"What the french toast?" I like that. I'm going to have to remember that one. I found this book years ago on the "most unloved super-cheap books" rack at Barnes and Noble. Bought it for a few dollars, read it, then got rid of it as soon as possible. I had forgotten many of its worst aspects. Thanks ever so much for reminding me about them. *sarcasm, sarcasm*
True story...... I was at the library sorting books when I found a copy of POM in one of the boxes and as soon as I saw what it was, I dropped it on the floor. It was a reflex :) Even funnier, that book was in the discard pile. LOL I love my Library! :D
I think I'm the only Phan in the world who actually kinda liked this novel. One thing, though: this isn't a sequel to the Gaston Leroux novel. It's a novelization of a sequel musical Andrew Lloyd Webber was writing, but eventually scraped. (For obvious reasons.)
11. "Ah, Christine!..." 12. "Gustave! Gustave!..." 13. "Please, Miss Giry, I Want to Go Back..." So at least the demon-god Mammon doesn't get a singing part (maybe)
Oh yes, Erik totally learned English from English opera librettos because English opera was soooo popular in France at that time. Or not. Why couldn't Erik have learned English along with the scrillion other things he learned to do pre-Paris Opera. English opera was not performed at the Paris Opera and I don't think G&S was big in France. So, English opera librettos? 'Fraid not. Sorry. Not unless some rabid Handel fan accidentally left some in the opera house.
This vid was epic! Though I haven't read the actual book, I did have the displeasure of hearing the introduction in audiobook format. Anyway, brilliant review; can't wait for part 2! Loved the chap who played Forsyth in this vid as well. And dethe8ter, "Claudin" was the last name used in the 1943 film version... As far as anyone has been able to find out, Leroux's story of the Phantom is fiction, but with kernels of truth sprinkled in skillfully.
Disc 1 1. Prologue 2. The Coney Island Waltz 3. That's the place you ruined, you fool! 4. A Little Slice of Heaven 5. Only For Him/Only For You 6. The Ayrie 7. 'Till I Hear You Sing 8. Giry Confronts the Phantom/'Till I Hear You Sing (Reprise) 9. Christine Disembarks 10. Arrival of the Trio/Are You Ready to Begin? 11. What a Dreadful Town!... 12. Look With Your Heart 13. Beneath a Moonless Sky 14. Once Upon Another Time 15. "Mother Please, I'm Scared!"
I was wondering if you have ever heard of the Book Night Magic by charlotte vale Allen. It's a more modern retelling that starts in the seventies. It's not absolutely brilliant, but I very much enjoyed it. It has a whole crap load of homage to the original story. There's a lake with a boat, there's a cellar with a piano, and there is a brief Rowell type figure... At least that's what you're led to believe. I really like this retelling.
I only read two chapters of this book and couldn't read no more, it was too horrible and my brain was throbbing with annoyance and boredom. Thank you for taking the time to read that terrible, revolting book and review it just for us! AWESOME REVIEW(S) (can't wait till the next)! I can only hope that Love Never Dies won't ground Phantom of the Opera's name in the dirt, I hope that it will least have good music (considering ALW's expertise on that, it will probably-should have good music)!
16. Dear Old Friend 17. Beautiful 18. The Beauty Underneath 19. The Phantom Confronts Christine Disc 2 1. Entr'acte 2. Why Does She Love Me? 3. Devil Take the Hindmost 4. A Little Slice of Heaven (Reprise) 5. Ladies... Gents!/The Coney Island Waltz (Reprise) 6. Bathing Beauty 7. "Mother, Did You Watch?" 8. Before the Performance 9. Devil Take the Hindmost (Quartet) 10. Love Never Dies
You don't understand... Forsythe says in his introduction that the whole persian backstory NEVER HAPPENED. He was born, he was put in a cage, and Giry rescued him. No traveling arond Europe for THIS Erik.
To me it's a book that kept me busy. I didn't react to it like i reacted to susan kay's. I agree that it was hard to keep track of who was talking. But i LMFAO at the Shakespeare part XD
Indeed! I learned English from playing computer games, which are interactive AND I had a dictionary/translator to help me from time to time. And even I didn't speak perfect English after a couple of years. I think he might be able to understand it, the genius as he is, but actually speak it... I doubt it actually. Indeed, pronounciation would also be a problem...
1) Thank you. 2) That's a LOT OF SONGS. I'm only interested in the ones that have "dialogue" titles. Because well -- I like songs like the "rooftop" and "Final Lair"...which are basically plot to music. I don't like it when they stop and go "This is my big number ::starts to sing::" (like WYWSHA) 3) I hope "The Beauty Underneath" is better than it sounds.
Oh my gosh - the book sounds so awful! I don't think the sequel musical will turn out well at all - given its based on Forysthe's horrible novel. You did a wonderful job, PhantomReviewer, and gave the book the review it deserved. I still can't believe Forsythe dissed Leroux's original novel. Even if ALW had written it, its so badly written and the plot doesn't make sense at all. I can't wait to hear more!! :D Please post more soon!! :)
Father Ted! :D and romeo and Juliet were apparently based on Richard III and Anne Neville. But i agree with Forsythe, the original phantom was a mess of good writting and randomness.
You know, I just realized something very peculiar. The Phantom of Manhattan was written by Frederick Forsythe. Forsythe also wrote the story, The Odessa File. The Odessa File was made into a movie starring Jon Voigt and Maximillian Shell (who played the Phantom in 1983 TV movie). And if that wasn't weird enough for you, the score for The Odessa File was written by Andrew Lloyd Webber... Wow...
"I can't remember. I was high at the time." L-O-freaking-L!!!! I cannot wait for part two! Tear it apart!!! *evil grin* This is the only book that I truly believe deserves a good oldfashioned book burning. Burn, POH, BURN!!! MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAA!!!!!
It would have been a better book if he WAS high. I never noticed that the book cover was like a werewolf novel. I DID, however, wonder there were such few pages and the book cover was so THICK and LONG. Overcompensation for lack of material, I guess! Can we get to the part about Raoul's "Issue" soon...
Forsythe dissing Leroux's original novel and Erik speaking perfect English, being obsessed with money and getting high? Wow, this is so bad it's almost laughable...your voice acting's awesome though, can't wait to see part 2!
I actually ment to read this book a long time ago but didn't make it past the introduction, indeed its quiet hard to read a supposed sequel when they spend a few pages dissing the author your writing a sequel about.
It's one of those stories that is so heartbreaking, you'd want it to be true. But it's not true. Maybe there is a deformed musician somewhere who fell in love with a young singer. Maybe they were caught in a love triangle. But it's not THIS deformed musician, and it's not THIS young singer. Erik and Christine Daae are as real as Jack and Rose from Titanic. Doesn't mean there's no real couple who suffered the same way. But the characters don't exist.
Haha, ouch, man. This book makes me sad XD The clown thing doesn't really bother me, either; whoever did that drawing you used, though, is a badass; I'm not scared of clowns in the slightest, but that Erik!clown is terrifying!! XD I love it!
LOL @ PhantomReviews! Thank you for your review - I was laughing practically the whole time!! You always give the best reviews - especially with that witty sense of humor you have! LOL! ("Walksn foxs" - LOLOLOL!!!!) And yes, Forsythe book makes absolutely no sense, whatsoever! LOL! (One has to wonder if he wasn't the one "smoking the hashish" and "seeing the demons"! LOL! )
I hate this book. I hate Forsyth for writing it, I hate Lloyd Webber for going along with it and using it as the basis for "Love Never Des", I hate anyone even remotely associated with the production of that new blasphemous musical--even the guy that ran out and got everybody their coffee/tea during rehearsals. The whole mess makes my blood boil and has me REALLY tempted to drop a chandelier on some VERY dserving heads. A new kitten must be sent to ALW, who agrees? Great review, keep it up.. :)
I will say that its not that unusual if Erik could speak English. Please bear in mind that he had done extensive travelling around Europe, the Middle East before he came to the Paris Opera house. He lived in Turkey and Persia (Iraq) for years and he could have been adept at speaking several languages.
Somehow, despite its flaws, even Love Never Dies is better than this piece of crap. I mean, LND took out a whole lot of the plot details that brought this book down. And the prologue is about as bad. If I were writing a Phantom sequel, I wouldn't spend an entire chapter devoted to insulting Leroux or the novel. I would just say, what the story is about, and leave a disclaimer that none of it truly belongs to me. I'd probably only ever read this book just to see what this whole, "Angel of Shiloh" thing is about. Until that day, I'll stick to LND, which I understand is flawed, but is still preferable to this book.
great review as always lol "What the french toast" lol best part he probably was high i've started reading and it is plain god awful btw have u heard of the picture/portrait of dorian gray it is AMAZING its sort of phantomish if u would like to ever do a review on it
Ha-ha!! That book was soo bad! It sits with all my other books looking oh-so-sad! Lol, I (sadly) am thinking about re-reading it! I highly doubt I will! xD
I am planning on buying The Phantom of Manhattan. I want it so bad. It looks and sounds good. Oh and, by the way, I am obsessed with The Phantom of the Opera.
It's really not good. The only difference in love never dies is Meg replaces the nutcase who talks to Satan and worships money and greed just for the fun of it.
This is so funny and true!!! I HATED his novel!!!! And the fact that Christine and the phantom had a baby together? Did he even Read the original book?!!?!?
Don't think I've ever read the introduction. Seems like I've only listened to the audio book years ago when I was a new fan. Guess I didn't miss much, only drivel about how Leroux got it all wrong.
Wow. Any part of me that ever wanted to read this book has now died. Erik was talking to a demon? He was a clown? And he buys a skyscraper from selling postcards??? What the heck?
Okay, show me your research. I actually did have to research the Paris Opera for a music history project. Believe me, if the phantom was real, I'd know about it. As I recall, Leroux was inspired by a real incident with the chandelier (no one died), a real Swedish soprano (she never disappeared) and a real unknown skeleton (no evidence of a ring etc.)
I actually made it through the book. If it wasn't a library book, I probably would've set it on fire. Then I turned the book over and saw "Frederick Forsyth not only captures the spirit and style of Gaston Leroux's original novel but also the romance and thrills that make the Phantom such an alluring character. - Andrew Lloyd Webber"......really, ALW? Really!?! You willingly put your name on this catastrophe...you didn't read did you? Wait, did you even read the original Leroux novel?.....*sigh*
I almost puked when I read that m****f***ing introduction and was completely unmoved by the rest of the book. Unmoved at all. I certainly didn't love it, and it wasn't even worth hating. If it meant we got this hilarious commentary out of it, then that's more than enough for me!
"I can't remember. I was high at the time." XD I've got to read this book, just out of pure curiosity as to how suckish it is... Seriously, how can it be based on the musical?! That's not professional!!!
You know what's really bad about this book? The Phantom of the Opera is supposed to be a Beauty and the Beast story. Christine's love saves Erik. Erik gets worse and worse throughout the course of "Phantom of Manhattan."
Ha ha ha! For sure Deepdesert! Phantom of Manhattan = this is Forsythe's brain on crack, while watching a combination of Wee Ol' Andy's old 1980's rockstar, Phantom videos, and Dario Argento's seriously-messed-up version of Phantom! LOL!
oh god i'm not defending Forsythe i'm just saying the original was a shambles be it because of the translation or it's uncertain genre. When the original is good (ie. the unmasking) it's fantasic.
Reviewer, if you'd make a AudioBook of this... book... I'd totally buy it. You make this sh** sound funny at least. "It happened that on the same night there was a full moon."
THE BEST PART IS DARIUS! He believes he is the Devil's right hand man. Not only that, Father Joe THINKS that he is God's right hand man. Creeps the fuck out of me.
SERIOUSLY. Forsythe is an idiot because his book is supposed to be a sequel to ALW's musical, not the novel by Leroux. I love how you're playing the Coney Island Waltz music behind this. XD This was incredibly hilarious. I vaguely remember reading this trash several years ago and now it's all coming back. Oh... "Horror... horror... horror!" Yes, I completely forgot about the whole demon guy that Erik supposedly worships... for the love of Christine, what is the authors' problem??
Well, Kay also ends the book by paying respects and homage to Leroux and the stage musical. She admits she tried to make her book a happy medium between the original and the musical. She beats Forsyth based purely on class.
Well I may hate Forsyth, but Kay? Class?
Kay's Erik says fvck and bones Christine while on his deathbed. It's fanfic drivel.
@@1SpicyMeataball Classy people can say fvck and have sex with the love of their lives before they die. Perspective.
I can't believe that Forsyth begins his book by insulting Gaston Leroux and his book. I read the book and it was really well written.
Wow, thank God that even though Love Never Dies is based on this mess, ALW made it somewhat better than the original book.
I came across a similar problem when I was reading looking glass wars badder badmouths Lewis Carroll every chance he gets and turn him in to an idiot it got really annoying real fast Lewis Carroll with many things but I don’t think he was an idiot .
Damn, I remember wasting 11 bucks on this book that I found in the clearance bin at Barnes & Nobles. It read like bad fan fiction. Your review mirrors much of my initial reaction to that garbage perfectly.
"I can't remember
I was high at the time."
forgotten all about your reviews, love them x :D had so much fun watching them all that time ago
"What the french toast?" I like that. I'm going to have to remember that one. I found this book years ago on the "most unloved super-cheap books" rack at Barnes and Noble. Bought it for a few dollars, read it, then got rid of it as soon as possible. I had forgotten many of its worst aspects. Thanks ever so much for reminding me about them. *sarcasm, sarcasm*
Oh, and thanks for confirming my suspicions. I had a feeling this book was bad.
"What the french toast?" Is now a part of my vocabulary.
True story......
I was at the library sorting books when I found a copy of POM in one of the boxes and as soon as I saw what it was, I dropped it on the floor.
It was a reflex :)
Even funnier, that book was in the discard pile. LOL
I love my Library! :D
The whole "walksn foxes" thing still sends me into hysterics.... XD
"I can't remember! I was high at the time!" (Wasn't he high throughout the entire writing process for that matter?)
2:06 Father Ted! I remember that episode!
Good review! Can't believe Weber is making a part 2 from this book
I think I'm the only Phan in the world who actually kinda liked this novel. One thing, though: this isn't a sequel to the Gaston Leroux novel. It's a novelization of a sequel musical Andrew Lloyd Webber was writing, but eventually scraped. (For obvious reasons.)
I like the "Love Never Dies" music.
Raoul gets his balls blown off. F****ING COMEDY GOLD XD
11. "Ah, Christine!..."
12. "Gustave! Gustave!..."
13. "Please, Miss Giry, I Want to Go Back..."
So at least the demon-god Mammon doesn't get a singing part (maybe)
Oh yes, Erik totally learned English from English opera librettos because English opera was soooo popular in France at that time. Or not.
Why couldn't Erik have learned English along with the scrillion other things he learned to do pre-Paris Opera.
English opera was not performed at the Paris Opera and I don't think G&S was big in France. So, English opera librettos? 'Fraid not. Sorry. Not unless some rabid Handel fan accidentally left some in the opera house.
This vid was epic! Though I haven't read the actual book, I did have the displeasure of hearing the introduction in audiobook format. Anyway, brilliant review; can't wait for part 2! Loved the chap who played Forsyth in this vid as well.
And dethe8ter, "Claudin" was the last name used in the 1943 film version... As far as anyone has been able to find out, Leroux's story of the Phantom is fiction, but with kernels of truth sprinkled in skillfully.
Brilliant. So much better than the explosion of "WTF?" from my head when I read it
Disc 1
1. Prologue
2. The Coney Island Waltz
3. That's the place you ruined, you fool!
4. A Little Slice of Heaven
5. Only For Him/Only For You
6. The Ayrie
7. 'Till I Hear You Sing
8. Giry Confronts the Phantom/'Till I Hear You Sing (Reprise)
9. Christine Disembarks
10. Arrival of the Trio/Are You Ready to Begin?
11. What a Dreadful Town!...
12. Look With Your Heart
13. Beneath a Moonless Sky
14. Once Upon Another Time
15. "Mother Please, I'm Scared!"
@dethe8ter erik claudin is from the claude rains version.
I was wondering if you have ever heard of the Book Night Magic by charlotte vale Allen. It's a more modern retelling that starts in the seventies. It's not absolutely brilliant, but I very much enjoyed it. It has a whole crap load of homage to the original story. There's a lake with a boat, there's a cellar with a piano, and there is a brief Rowell type figure... At least that's what you're led to believe. I really like this retelling.
I only read two chapters of this book and couldn't read no more, it was too horrible and my brain was throbbing with annoyance and boredom.
Thank you for taking the time to read that terrible, revolting book and review it just for us!
AWESOME REVIEW(S) (can't wait till the next)!
I can only hope that Love Never Dies won't ground Phantom of the Opera's name in the dirt, I hope that it will least have good music (considering ALW's expertise on that, it will probably-should have good music)!
16. Dear Old Friend
17. Beautiful
18. The Beauty Underneath
19. The Phantom Confronts Christine
Disc 2
1. Entr'acte
2. Why Does She Love Me?
3. Devil Take the Hindmost
4. A Little Slice of Heaven (Reprise)
5. Ladies... Gents!/The Coney Island Waltz (Reprise)
6. Bathing Beauty
7. "Mother, Did You Watch?"
8. Before the Performance
9. Devil Take the Hindmost (Quartet)
10. Love Never Dies
You don't understand... Forsythe says in his introduction that the whole persian backstory NEVER HAPPENED. He was born, he was put in a cage, and Giry rescued him. No traveling arond Europe for THIS Erik.
To me it's a book that kept me busy. I didn't react to it like i reacted to susan kay's. I agree that it was hard to keep track of who was talking. But i LMFAO at the Shakespeare part XD
"Father Ted", a comedy show in the UK.
“Sucking Ferious” . THAT right there is just freakin funny.
I love that you are a West Side fan as well as Phantom. My two favorite musicals!
Amazing how Love Never Dies was based on this.
Indeed!
I learned English from playing computer games, which are interactive AND I had a dictionary/translator to help me from time to time. And even I didn't speak perfect English after a couple of years. I think he might be able to understand it, the genius as he is, but actually speak it... I doubt it actually. Indeed, pronounciation would also be a problem...
it was on a web site for POTO, apparently the cd list was listed on ebay before being pulled.
love the 'coney island waltz' in the background...lol
1) Thank you.
2) That's a LOT OF SONGS. I'm only interested in the ones that have "dialogue" titles. Because well -- I like songs like the "rooftop" and "Final Lair"...which are basically plot to music. I don't like it when they stop and go "This is my big number ::starts to sing::" (like WYWSHA)
3) I hope "The Beauty Underneath" is better than it sounds.
Here here! Make that two! :-D (I also like that witty sense of humor - which makes it twice as fun to laugh with, when he's doing his reviews!)
Have you read Jennifer Linforth's 3 book series sequel of Phantom? I really enjoyed them
What's the little clip at 2:01 from? The one with "Right, Ted, like how the Phantom of the Opera doesn't exist."
You'll have to watch the reviews from the very beginning to understand how it works...
Oh my gosh - the book sounds so awful! I don't think the sequel musical will turn out well at all - given its based on Forysthe's horrible novel. You did a wonderful job, PhantomReviewer, and gave the book the review it deserved. I still can't believe Forsythe dissed Leroux's original novel. Even if ALW had written it, its so badly written and the plot doesn't make sense at all. I can't wait to hear more!! :D Please post more soon!! :)
Thanks for using the father ted clip that was the way I found out about Phantom literally
Actually, Philipe IS in the Musical XD Because Raoul is still the VIcomte, not the comte.
I thought the little hash sequence for Darius was hilarious! That's what being addicted to hash will get you. :P
Father Ted! :D and romeo and Juliet were apparently based on Richard III and Anne Neville. But i agree with Forsythe, the original phantom was a mess of good writting and randomness.
omfg dude your videos are amazing and make so much sence its ridiculous, and im laughing so hard im crying rofl
You know, I just realized something very peculiar. The Phantom of Manhattan was written by Frederick Forsythe. Forsythe also wrote the story, The Odessa File. The Odessa File was made into a movie starring Jon Voigt and Maximillian Shell (who played the Phantom in 1983 TV movie). And if that wasn't weird enough for you, the score for The Odessa File was written by Andrew Lloyd Webber... Wow...
"I can't remember. I was high at the time."
L-O-freaking-L!!!! I cannot wait for part two! Tear it apart!!! *evil grin*
This is the only book that I truly believe deserves a good oldfashioned book burning. Burn, POH, BURN!!! MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAA!!!!!
It would have been a better book if he WAS high.
I never noticed that the book cover was like a werewolf novel. I DID, however, wonder there were such few pages and the book cover was so THICK and LONG. Overcompensation for lack of material, I guess!
Can we get to the part about Raoul's "Issue" soon...
Apparently the song list from the LND CD is already leaked on the Internet.
Forsythe dissing Leroux's original novel and Erik speaking perfect English, being obsessed with money and getting high? Wow, this is so bad it's almost laughable...your voice acting's awesome though, can't wait to see part 2!
I think somebody owes the English language -as well as the many other languages this tree-waster was published in- an apology.
FATHER IRISH o'STEREOTYPE!
Thing is with LND is that the songs and musicals are quite beautiful but the story is just god-awful.
Awesome! That book sucks the big french toast LOL! I love that. Cant wait for more.
I actually ment to read this book a long time ago but didn't make it past the introduction, indeed its quiet hard to read a supposed sequel when they spend a few pages dissing the author your writing a sequel about.
ALW also said Leroux's book was a "mess" and "confused."
YOU SAID IT! YOU SAID IT! You said "What the French Toast?!?!?!?!!?!?"
It's one of those stories that is so heartbreaking, you'd want it to be true. But it's not true. Maybe there is a deformed musician somewhere who fell in love with a young singer. Maybe they were caught in a love triangle. But it's not THIS deformed musician, and it's not THIS young singer. Erik and Christine Daae are as real as Jack and Rose from Titanic. Doesn't mean there's no real couple who suffered the same way. But the characters don't exist.
Haha, ouch, man. This book makes me sad XD
The clown thing doesn't really bother me, either; whoever did that drawing you used, though, is a badass; I'm not scared of clowns in the slightest, but that Erik!clown is terrifying!! XD I love it!
Where...is that song list.
Loved the Life of Brian clip in there. XD
LOL @ PhantomReviews! Thank you for your review - I was laughing practically the whole time!! You always give the best reviews - especially with that witty sense of humor you have! LOL! ("Walksn foxs" - LOLOLOL!!!!)
And yes, Forsythe book makes absolutely no sense, whatsoever! LOL! (One has to wonder if he wasn't the one "smoking the hashish" and "seeing the demons"! LOL! )
One more note, the copy of the novel I have doesn't have that introduction. If it did, I probably won't have read the story itself.
I hate this book. I hate Forsyth for writing it, I hate Lloyd Webber for going along with it and using it as the basis for "Love Never Des", I hate anyone even remotely associated with the production of that new blasphemous musical--even the guy that ran out and got everybody their coffee/tea during rehearsals. The whole mess makes my blood boil and has me REALLY tempted to drop a chandelier on some VERY dserving heads. A new kitten must be sent to ALW, who agrees?
Great review, keep it up.. :)
I wasn't sure if I wanted to read the book. Thank you for sparing me this nightmare abomination.
I will say that its not that unusual if Erik could speak English. Please bear in mind that he had done extensive travelling around Europe, the Middle East before he came to the Paris Opera house. He lived in Turkey and Persia (Iraq) for years and he could have been adept at speaking several languages.
Somehow, despite its flaws, even Love Never Dies is better than this piece of crap. I mean, LND took out a whole lot of the plot details that brought this book down. And the prologue is about as bad. If I were writing a Phantom sequel, I wouldn't spend an entire chapter devoted to insulting Leroux or the novel. I would just say, what the story is about, and leave a disclaimer that none of it truly belongs to me. I'd probably only ever read this book just to see what this whole, "Angel of Shiloh" thing is about. Until that day, I'll stick to LND, which I understand is flawed, but is still preferable to this book.
great review as always lol "What the french toast" lol best part
he probably was high i've started reading and it is plain god awful
btw have u heard of the picture/portrait of dorian gray it is AMAZING its sort of phantomish if u would like to ever do a review on it
Ha-ha!! That book was soo bad! It sits with all my other books looking oh-so-sad! Lol, I (sadly) am thinking about re-reading it! I highly doubt I will! xD
I am planning on buying The Phantom of Manhattan. I want it so bad. It looks and sounds good. Oh and, by the way, I am obsessed with The Phantom of the Opera.
It's really not good. The only difference in love never dies is Meg replaces the nutcase who talks to Satan and worships money and greed just for the fun of it.
FATHER TED! Okay I officially love you now :)
This is so funny and true!!! I HATED his novel!!!! And the fact that Christine and the phantom had a baby together? Did he even Read the original book?!!?!?
Don't think I've ever read the introduction. Seems like I've only listened to the audio book years ago when I was a new fan. Guess I didn't miss much, only drivel about how Leroux got it all wrong.
Wow. Any part of me that ever wanted to read this book has now died. Erik was talking to a demon? He was a clown? And he buys a skyscraper from selling postcards??? What the heck?
Love Never Dies was amazing though IMO. But the book seems to be proudly disrespecting the original author.
Okay, show me your research.
I actually did have to research the Paris Opera for a music history project. Believe me, if the phantom was real, I'd know about it. As I recall, Leroux was inspired by a real incident with the chandelier (no one died), a real Swedish soprano (she never disappeared) and a real unknown skeleton (no evidence of a ring etc.)
I actually made it through the book. If it wasn't a library book, I probably would've set it on fire. Then I turned the book over and saw "Frederick Forsyth not only captures the spirit and style of Gaston Leroux's original novel but also the romance and thrills that make the Phantom such an alluring character. - Andrew Lloyd Webber"......really, ALW? Really!?! You willingly put your name on this catastrophe...you didn't read did you? Wait, did you even read the original Leroux novel?.....*sigh*
Coney Island waltz...I loved the australian oner
If Forsythe was cleverer I'd think that the whole Latin thing was an homage to that scene from Life of Brian. Maybe he tried and failed?
I almost puked when I read that m****f***ing introduction and was completely unmoved by the rest of the book. Unmoved at all. I certainly didn't love it, and it wasn't even worth hating. If it meant we got this hilarious commentary out of it, then that's more than enough for me!
Life of brian, ftw :}
Latin lessons... oh boy, this book is getting better and better *sarcasm*
It's the 1983 Maximillian Schell/Jane Seymour version.. Check my playlists and you will see me review of it.
I would be more interested in being in a wool shop than looking at grammar though.....but that is just me :)
"I can't remember. I was high at the time." XD
I've got to read this book, just out of pure curiosity as to how suckish it is...
Seriously, how can it be based on the musical?! That's not professional!!!
You know what's really bad about this book? The Phantom of the Opera is supposed to be a Beauty and the Beast story. Christine's love saves Erik. Erik gets worse and worse throughout the course of "Phantom of Manhattan."
Forsythe obviously had a little crush.
I regret buying and reading The Phantom of Manhattan. It was so, so BAD.
So sorry that I couldn't warn you before your mind got scarred.
Hehe! Great Father Ted quote!!
And I mean "should", as in, if the music isn't good we all know that ALW really has gone off the deep end now.
Now I am very glad about not wasting my money on this book. It would have ruined Phantom of the Opera for me.
Erik as a CLOWN? Aww HELL NAW!
Ha ha ha! For sure Deepdesert!
Phantom of Manhattan = this is Forsythe's brain on crack, while watching a combination of Wee Ol' Andy's old 1980's rockstar, Phantom videos, and Dario Argento's seriously-messed-up version of Phantom! LOL!
oh god i'm not defending Forsythe i'm just saying the original was a shambles be it because of the translation or it's uncertain genre. When the original is good (ie. the unmasking) it's fantasic.
Darius reminds me of Grima wormtongue for some reason :P
Reviewer, if you'd make a AudioBook of this... book... I'd totally buy it. You make this sh** sound funny at least.
"It happened that on the same night there was a full moon."
Nice use of your Father Ted there. :)
No Phantom!! Not Robert Picard!! He's already burned to death in a fire!!
That was exactly my reaction!
THE BEST PART IS DARIUS! He believes he is the Devil's right hand man.
Not only that, Father Joe THINKS that he is God's right hand man.
Creeps the fuck out of me.
My dear friend, you have made my entire day with this review! I hope we'll be getting your comments on the musical based on this pile of shite book.
SERIOUSLY. Forsythe is an idiot because his book is supposed to be a sequel to ALW's musical, not the novel by Leroux.
I love how you're playing the Coney Island Waltz music behind this. XD
This was incredibly hilarious. I vaguely remember reading this trash several years ago and now it's all coming back. Oh... "Horror... horror... horror!" Yes, I completely forgot about the whole demon guy that Erik supposedly worships... for the love of Christine, what is the authors' problem??
I've been calling it Phantom Takes Manhattan XD