The Phantom of the Opera

Okay, so I know I said I was going to get around to blogging more since I was out of school for the summer, but my problem is that I don't seem to have any free time and when I do I can't make myself read a book. All I want to do is turn on the TV for 30 minutes before passing out at 8 o'clock. Even when I seem to have an entire day to myself, I can only focus on a book for so long no matter how good it is then I go do something else for the rest of the day then realize I've wasted my entire day. Well, enough complaining. Even through this hectic summer vacation, I've managed to steal a book from my brother's room and read it. The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux is the book I will be discussing.

Now, I know what you're thinking, everyone's seen Andrew Lloyd Webber's brilliant masterpiece, but I hate to inform you of this people, it's nothing like the book! I guess the general story line is, but even some of the story line is jacked up. Not to mention, there's some characters in the book who play very important roles that aren't even mentioned in the book! Plus, everyone should know by now, the book is always better. I can't name a single movie that is better than any book. This book is fantastic. Leroux's style of writing is easy to read and he doesn't waste his time focusing on every single little detail so I could actually sit down for 2 whole hours and just read. Needless, to say the book is very short and I finished it in like 4 consistent days.

I'm not going to waste my time going over what the book is about because I know that would be a waste of my breath errrr a waste of my poor little typing fingers so the only description I will give is that the ending of this book is completely different from the movie. Completely!