ok, so i finally read Frederick Forsyth's "The Phantom of Manhattan" and before you die hard fans start booing me, hear me out. And also remember, *I AM A PHAN TOO!" This book was solely written as a continuation of Mr. Webber's splendid Phantom of the Opera. and i feel that if his [Webber's] talents at stage have not dimished over the years, then this has a really great potential to it. Now, i do believe that if something is good and unbroken you should not try to fix it, and i am also a firm believer that sequels have the horrid problem of being terrible. But, we all know that this is happening so, lets hope for the best ok? I am not saying this will be a crowning acheivement and better than the first at all. I am saying this could be quite good, and we[phans] could finally see Erik as a slightly happy human being. Basically this is a published fan fic, which quite honestly, we all have either thought about or written. Now as the for the aspect of the book being a book, no, it wasn't the best written piece of lit i have ever read, but it wasn't hte worst either. At least the plot did flow. However, i feel there could have been more character development, but, i have this feeling that things were written as they were so that Mr. Webber could have a little more artistic freedom with them.
Now, if anyone wants to fight with me and tell me i'm a horrible phan for saying this new musical might be good, so be it. just tell me to my face, but realize i can delete your comments. Also remember, we are ALL entitled to opinions, so on my page we are going to respect that fact, ok?