Product Description

What happens to the Phantom of the Opera AFTER the theatre lights come on and you go back to reality?What pathway is open to a self-taught genius, horrifically abused and denied the entity of love, when he flees for his life, catastropic events, many initiated by his own uncontrolled and tyrannical actions, destroying the only home he has ever known. Venturing into an unfamiliar world to invent a new existence, Erik is constantly plagued with haunting recollections of his past, greatly hindering his overwhelming need for a reconciliation of the soul. Will his future be destined, once again, to be that of a man alone, or will he finally find that one person to believe --to make a difference--allowing his heart and soul to heal?

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1378684 in Books
• Published on: 2006-04-28
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 368 pages

About the Author
Jodi Minton was born in Muskegon, Michigan, but grew up in the state of Indiana. She holds a Bachelors Degree in Education and practises as a Registered Nurse in a NICU. She retired from the Army Nurse Corp in 2005 as a Captain, spending most of her career in a Combat Support Hospital. She enjoys touring with lighthousing groups around the country, visiting and taking pictures of lighthouses and is concerned with their preservation as the castles of America. Some of her favorite things are Scotland, camping, writing, reading, and celtic jewelry and music.

Customer Reviews

What a Mess
The nicest thing I can say about this book is that she was very brave to publish it. I quit reading after four chapters, other than a desultory flip-through to the end.

In this tale, Erik takes up with a woman who is initially described as being so "wafe-like" [sic] that he thinks she's a 10-year-old boy ... but mere pages later, she has full, sensuous breasts that are driving him mad (and somehow hid her thick, waist-length red hair under a beret). She also is described as an "expert rider," although the author does not appear to know that an "expert rider" would not take a horse from a walk directly to a swift canter. Horses are bay on one page and grey on the next. Furthermore, the author does not understand French contractions: "La Opera Populaire" vice "l'opera Populaire" is just one example. The seaport of LeHavre is alternately spelled LeHarve', LeHarve and LeHarvre, often on the same page.

The aforementioned desultory flip-through netted me the following information: Monique (the "wafe-like" girl), nicknamed Bonnie, becomes addicted to laudanum after one dose and Erik has to detox her. She also somehow manages to bear Erik 14 children without complication by the end of the book, despite being so "wafe-like" that she can be mistaken for a prepubescent male (other than her enormous bosoms, apparently).

This whole thing really is too ridiculous for words. The author would have done well to spend the extra money to have an editor, or at least a beta reader, to help correct errors in spelling and fact. Even using her spell-check would have been helpful.

Absolute litterary RUBBISH
This book will apeal only to the phantom of the opera phans who have the misfortunate of being exposed to nothing more then the sub-par recent movie and have not read any talented continuational writing. The flaws go further then the characterization however. The languages used, alterations in accents, and general ridiculousness of the situations would mortify any self respecting phanatic. It is admitted in the foreward that little experience as a phan is had by the author and no previous writing experience. This shows in the writing style itself, with constant repeatition of the word "lad" and constant ending of sentances with unnecisary exclaimation points. The book gives only the briefest surface skimming of simple minded thought processes that in no way do justice to the character this book is suposedly written about. Take some more writing classes my dear author, in style, continuity, and characterization, and in years from this point you yourself will CRINGE at this juvenile and pathetic work. ~A True Phan.

I would have given it 0 if I could
Bad, bad, bad, bad. First of all, for those who actually read the original book and not just saw the movie, or musical, there are so many errors to count. There was no burning of an opera house, he didn't walk through a mirror and he didn't live at the end. Oh, and the little thing about a full, black mask, not a half of one. And it was the Paris Opera House, not the l'Opera Populaire, or however she mutliated the French in this. And, he wasn't Scottish.

If you really want to read a good book, find Susan Kay's wonderful "Phantom". It gives you the life of Erik, and makes you like the charecter far more than this book does.