The Phantom of the Opera: Centennial Edition
Posted by admin in Kindle Thursday, 22 July 2010 19:51 5 Comments
Product Description
Experience the story that continues to capture audiences.A Major Motion Picture set to release December 22nd, 2004Starring Gerard Butler, Emmy Rossum, Minnie Driver, and Patrick WilsonDirected by Joel SchumacherScreenplay by Joel Schumacher and Andrew Lloyd WebberFilled with the color and theatrical spectacle of the Paris Opera House in the nineteenth century, and the ageless fascination of love transformed into murderous obsession, this classic work of mystery and … More >>
The Phantom of the Opera: Centennial Edition
I was forced to read this book and write a 5 page literary Critism paper on it, it looks good by the cover, but don’t EVER judge a book by its cover, I hated every minute reading this book, I wouldn’t recomend it to anyone
Rating: 1 / 5
This is a boring book. It is not easy for the readers to find out what was happened.
Rating: 1 / 5
My english teacher gave me this book, telling me how wonderful and how much I would like it. Well, suffice to say, she was wrong. Now, yes, I said right, English teacher. I may only be 14 years old but I’ve read everything from Stephen King to the Inferno by Dante Alighieri, and all I can say about this book is that it doesn’t do justice to the wonderful play. The storyline skips around like a two year old playing hopscotch, and, although the French names are I’m sure essential, refering to them constantly by their three or four word name can become exhausting. All in all, this is not going to be a book I read again.
Rating: 2 / 5
My friend had said I should read this book.She had seen the movie and loved it .So I had had seen the movie and loveeeeeeeedddddddd it!And Im not joking.
Rating: 5 / 5
How do you rate a book that is a classic, and understandably so, but which for a modern reader is not necessarily an easy or even an enjoyable read?
The plot is interesting enough, and well done from a technical standpoint. But the setting doesn’t resonate with the modern reader, and to a lesser extent, neither do the characters. Of course, some of this is not merely anachronisms; you can find similar hopeless-love-triangle plots in almost any modern romance. This is a “classic” in that it was one of the first of the genre. Still, the concept of a villain who is redeemed by the love of a good woman is a dubious concept at best. Too many people have internalized this concept as real, and (if female) keep expecting their love to redeem the badly-behaved male in their lives, and (if male) use it to blame their own bad behavior on the woman in their lives who just isn’t doing a good enough job of loving them to “redeem” them.
Interesting, but only recommended for those familar (and comfortable) with 19th-century literary styles, or those inclined to become so. Most modern readers would find the style of this book tedious.
Rating: 3 / 5