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Title: Progeny : by Becky L Meadows ISBN: 0-595-17620-8 Publisher: Writers Club Press Pub. Date: 28 March, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.75 (24 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: Why can't we let Erik rest?
Comment: Perhaps it's my bias towards Susan Kay's Phantom, but I did not find this book nearly as enjoyable as others I have read.
Do I regret buying it? No. This is an excellent addition to the library of any Phantom fan. But it can only be enjoyed if you were left wondering what might have happened next after reading either Leroux's or Kay's versions.
Erik died. And it just seems to me that this was written, not out of a love for the characters, but to further comercialize a classic story. It flowed to much like a romance novel for my tastes, excessively dramatic, with extravagant language to disguise a weak plot.
I guess I just don't like happy endings to classic tragedies.
Rating: 5
Summary: I was a sceptic. Now I'm a fan!
Comment: I was a little nervous about this book. Susan Kay did such an awesome job with her work on Phantom that I was worried about how someone would follow it up. Phantom isn't really written for much of a sequal.
Becky Meadows had to make some changes to the ending of Kay's version to make hers work. At first I was a little leary of these changes. If she couldn't follow up from the ending of Kay's book, then how would she ever get the two stories to mesh? It turns out that she didn't have to.
Meadows follows up on the emotion and romance of Kay's version perfectly. Its obviously a different author writing the story, but you can see where she got her inspiration from. The story starts out a little rough but gets amazing as it picks up momentum.
This is very much a book that you won't want to put down once you start reading. The intrique and mystery of the Phantom is explained even further in this awesome sequal. I would highly recommend it to any fan of the Susan Kay version who has an open mind to a different ending on that other great novel. You won't be disapointed in this story. I want one in hardback now.
Rating: 2
Summary: I had low expectations...
Comment: I bought this book after reading the reviews of other readers. I had low expectations going into it, seeing that quite a few people didn't think highly of this book. I had hoped to be surprised but the book didn't even meet my low standards. It was like the author had 6 ideas for a scene and then, instead of picking one, she told all six! This makes for a VERY repetitive read. Yes, Erik loved Christine, Christine loved Erik, Christine was in torment, she was in pain, she and Erik had given each other their souls! Yes I got that the first 20 times. But to repeat the same phrases on EVERY SECOND PAGE? WAYYYYYY too redundant. So I was dissapointed. It was a decent idea, just told poorly. If you want to read a REALLY good PTO book, get Susan Kay's Phantom. It was told much better and the characters were more likeable.
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Title: Journey Of The Mask by Nancy Pettengill, Nancy Hill Pettengill ISBN: 0595124844 Publisher: iUniverse, Inc. Pub. Date: 23 August, 2000 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Phantasy : by Becky L Meadows ISBN: 0595224466 Publisher: Writers Club Press Pub. Date: 29 April, 2002 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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Title:The Phantom of the Opera (TV Miniseries) ASIN: 630560939X Publisher: Image Entertainment Pub. Date: 14 August, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.99 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $13.04 |
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Title: PHANTOM by Susan Kay ISBN: 0440211697 Publisher: Island Books Pub. Date: 01 December, 1992 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: The Complete Phantom of the Opera by George Perry ISBN: 0805017224 Publisher: Henry Holt & Company, Inc. Pub. Date: 15 July, 1991 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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