It is Beauty and the Beast set in an opera house. If you've never been exposed to any version of the Phantom, you must read this book. If your only exposure to Phantom of the Opera has been either Weber's Phantom or any of the other movies made based on this story, you must read (or listen to) this book. I ached for Christine Daae with the decisions she had to make and the final outcome of the story. I understood so much more of the emotions, character backgrounds, and even the plot than I had with the movie. Leroux develops the characters so much more than a movie is able to. This audio book was fantastic! The reader did an outstanding job infusing emotion into the reading. However, my children persuaded me to watch Andrew Lloyd Weber's "Phantom" and I found the story to be haunting and unsettling, so much so that I decided to get the book. I'm usually a purist and read the book before I watch the movie.
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