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 Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2005 4:09 pm
In middle school, I read a book by Susan Kay called Phantom. I had heard that it was in relations to the story of POTO. It has been the best Phantom book I've ever read, and I've read all of them except for the Phantom of Paris. I read Phantom of Manhattan. That one is terrible. But Kay's novel is different. It starts when Erik is born and follows into his death. It's written so well, I feel like I'm gonna go crazy. I love it.
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Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2005 7:20 pm
Indeed, it was a very good book. My only problem with it is that I like to not know about the Phantom. I like to consider him a mystery, which he is, and he is one mystery I do not wish to solve. He simply seems more interesting the less you know about him. But I did like Susan Kay's book and I thought it was very well written. One of the best, a part from "The Phantom of the Opera" itself.
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Phantom of the Operahouse
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Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2005 5:05 pm
The thing with Leroux's novel is that it's a great story with so much potential. But it wasn't written very well. Until, of course, it got closer to the end. Especially when the Persian was telling his side.
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Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2005 7:39 pm
Do you know that "Phantom" is being reprinted?
Yes, it is a wonderful book. There are points where you have to put it down and stopped reading because it's so horrible, but it's so wonderful you can stop!
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Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2005 9:31 pm
It's a great book. Wonderful and very well written. If they're reprinting it, that's just GREAT!
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Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2005 8:41 am
Phanari The thing with Leroux's novel is that it's a great story with so much potential. But it wasn't written very well. Until, of course, it got closer to the end. Especially when the Persian was telling his side. I thought it was written with great detail. But, I guess it depends on who you are. But I thought it really made you feel the story and feel for the characters. I hated that they had the Phantom die in such a lame way, but it went well with the story and made sense.
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Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2005 11:12 am
Phantom of the Operahouse Phanari The thing with Leroux's novel is that it's a great story with so much potential. But it wasn't written very well. Until, of course, it got closer to the end. Especially when the Persian was telling his side. I thought it was written with great detail. But, I guess it depends on who you are. But I thought it really made you feel the story and feel for the characters. I hated that they had the Phantom die in such a lame way, but it went well with the story and made sense. It was written with a lot of detail, but not much passion. Not until we got closer to the end. Then again, the end was when the whole "Who Done It" quality left the book and it became the wonderous "Shall I turn the scorpion? Shall I turn the grasshopper" thing. Hehehe. "THE GRASSHOPPER! BEWARE THE GRASSHOPPER! For it not only spins, but it jumps! and it jumps JOLLY high!"
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Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2005 12:47 pm
Phanari Phantom of the Operahouse Phanari The thing with Leroux's novel is that it's a great story with so much potential. But it wasn't written very well. Until, of course, it got closer to the end. Especially when the Persian was telling his side. I thought it was written with great detail. But, I guess it depends on who you are. But I thought it really made you feel the story and feel for the characters. I hated that they had the Phantom die in such a lame way, but it went well with the story and made sense. It was written with a lot of detail, but not much passion. Not until we got closer to the end. Then again, the end was when the whole "Who Done It" quality left the book and it became the wonderous "Shall I turn the scorpion? Shall I turn the grasshopper" thing. Hehehe. "THE GRASSHOPPER! BEWARE THE GRASSHOPPER! For it not only spins, but it jumps! and it jumps JOLLY high!" Indeed. I loved the Grasshopper/Scorpion scenario. It was really suspenseful and Leroux wrote it in such a way that you really felt a part of the story. I could not put it down until I finished it.
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Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2005 5:36 am
Yeah, LEroux had a thing for suspense, that he did. My only problem with Kay was how she deviated from Leroux more than I would have liked... but oh well. SHe was brilliant. I loved Ayesha...
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Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2005 2:09 pm
For anyone interested Llumina Press is the company republishing it.
I have to say I loved both books, Kay and Leroux, though I enjoyed different parts of each of them.
The Leroux novel has a few gems here and there, for instance the Apollo's Lyre scene, and especially the ending, with the Persians narrative. The rest of the book can move slowly at times, and many interesting characters simply drop.
Kay's Phantom does destroy the aura of mystery that makes the Phantom so appealing, but I love it anyways. The explainations for Erik's actions make sense, and it moves with better flow and pace than the Leroux novel does. It does take a long time for Christine and Erik's bonding to occur, but it is well worth the wait.
Between the two..I cannot decide. I love aspects of both to much to distinguish.
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Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2005 6:13 am
[ Message temporarily off-line ]
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Posted: Sun Nov 27, 2005 9:48 pm
I remember the afternoon I first came across Kay's "Phantom." I was fourteen, and cruizing through a secondhand book shop, and it caught my eye. I was spellbound by it for the next few days, and eventually told my mom about it. Not long after... she read it too and years later we still talk about it and have a tendency to make references to it in real life. That's something I truly like about the book. There are things mentioned in it that we encounter even today. Subjects of love, jealousy, deceit, honor, pride... Kay went into the emotions of the characters, and let the reader see inside Erik's mind. I've never encountered another novel that has let us truly understand Erik's character and his many complexities. Actually, it's probably my favorite book of all time!
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Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2005 12:29 pm
Quote: Actually, it's probably my favorite book of all time! mine too... easily!
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Posted: Sun Jan 29, 2006 11:55 am
I love both books. I have read both quite a few times. Both are so fascntaing.
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Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2006 7:29 pm
For years and years I thought, "I wish Erik was real. I wish he once lived." I used to love the character Erik so much but...until I read Susan Kay, I didn't know the true pain he felt. Phantom is the best book I have ever read, and undoubtedly will read. It changed my attitude and my way of thinking. As I was reading it, I began to seperate from my friends. I wouldn't hang out with them anymore and insist on being alone. The book literally cast a spell on me. I don't believe there was even 5 minutes that I wasn't reading or thinking about it. It took me 4 days to read it because I read each chapter twice. At night, I'd wake up crying and thinking, "If I were Madeleine, I would've loved Erik no matter what. Why did he have to be born that way!? WHY!?" Each and every night I'd have dreams about it. Even now, I think about it each and every day. I even made a D on a math test because I was too busy daydreaming about Phantom to take notes. As I've said before, it literally cast a spell on me.
For those of you who haven't read it. Read it.
For those of you who wish Erik once lived...don't. Do you really wish for a genius like him to have lived such a terrible and painful life? Think about it.
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