The Phoenix of the Opera by Sadie Montgomery
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Book Reviews of The Phoenix of the Opera
Book Review: One of the BEST Phan Fics I've Read
Summary: 5 Stars
I have read a LOT of Phan fiction, both published and unpublished, and some have been good - and some have been dreadful. But I must say, Sadie Montgomery's Phoenix of the Opera is outstanding! I can honestly say it is one of the best I have read. Sadie has created a beautiful, exciting, and touching story that is built upon the movie version of Andrew Lloyd Webber's famous musical starring Gerard Butler. Though I was never a fan of the Phantom/Meg pairing, I find that this story is quite compelling. The plot is extremely well thought out with characters that do not respond irrationally. Sadie obviously placed herself in their shoes as she drew this all together, and I find her story believable and well spun. I think she has done an exceptional job with the lives of characters that many have grown to love so dearly, and she has continued the story of the Phantom of the Opera in an exciting new way. I am thrilled that her series includes three additional works. I've read the second installment, Out of the Darkness, and it merits five stars from me as well. I anxiously await the final two volumes. I can't wait to see where this story goes! DEFINITELY worth several readings. A MUST for Phantom fans!!Book Review: Phantom Redux
Summary: 5 Stars
I've always enjoyed versions of the Phantom of the Opera story. And because I love musicals, I enjoyed the recent movie quite a lot, even more than the stage play. But I've never cared much for popular literary romance. "Phoenix of the Opera," however, gives the Phantom even greater psychological depth than play or film. It is a stylistically sophisticated novel that lets us enter the minds not only of its protagonist but also of the other principals--Christine, Raoul, Madame Giry, and her daughter Meg. There's a Gothic feeling to the tale of this tortured hero and his rebirth from the ashes.
Though it may not be to the taste of every romance-genre fan, I greatly enjoyed the novel's knowledgeable and complex handling of point of view. The roots of its deft shifts in perspective can be found in modernist and postmodernist literature, ranging from Woolf, Faulkner, and Joyce to Puig and Atwood. Though it may not suit readers who prefer the conventions of the 19th-century English novel in which romance is rooted, Montgomery pays homage to the literary antecedents she admires at the same time that she gives us a psychologically powerful story that brings the Phantom to life.
Book Review: The Phantom Returns
Summary: 5 Stars
This book gives all of us that died inside when Christine tore that mask from Eric's face in the play "Don Juan Triumphant" a way to know what happened to our beloved Phantom!
In the beginning we find our hurt phantom as he struggles to find any hope after he lets Christine live a life in the light with Raoul. He wanted to die for all the pain Christin had caused him, but that heavens he is saved!!!
After the death of a young child Christin is in a kind of shock type thing and I thought she would not recover but luck shines on the unworthy diva as Eric brings her back through his darkness.
The young Meg finds herself love struck with Eric and grows so thirsty for him that she cant think straight and there is a deathly consequents that follows.
The poor phantom is tortured and hurt but still stronger than any man could ever hope to be! You cant help but fall in love with him!
This book is pure gold and if you are a fan of drama, music, love passion, pain, or the phantom himself then I 100% love this book and you will too you!!
Book Review: a good story
Summary: 5 Stars
Clearly, Sadie Montgomery is well versed in literary techniques, both modern and traditional. At times, she tips her hat to the epistolary novel of the past; other times, she develops her story using contemporary approaches. The reader becomes her partner in the creative process by ferreting out cues to identify a variety of speakers and thinkers. It's true, as other reviewers have said, that there are passages where you don't know for some time exactly whose mind you are inhabiting. But the clues always are there, so eventually you have the satisfaction of figuring it out.
Like some other reviewers, I would have preferred fewer stream-of-consciousness passages (or at least shorter ones). Nevertheless, I did not skip them as somebody else suggested. I read them all, and in the end they helped illuminate the characters' inner selves in a way that would not have happened without that technique.
Sadie obviously knew what she wanted to accomplish with this book, and in the end she carried it off well. I look forward to reading her sequels to this book.
Book Review: Truly an Original Masterpiece
Summary: 5 Stars
Ever since I have read Susan Kay's, Phantom, I thought about all the other books that I have read about Erik. And ever since then, nothing could surpass Phantom, until now. Sadie Montgomery captures all the raw emotions a human being is capable of. Her writing is unique and engaging. She takes you right into the mind of the character. Her excellent penmanship never bores the reader because the way the characters are switched from first person to third person is so smooth, one can hardly notice the transition.
There is passion, hate, regret, horror, vulnerability, and above all true love within the pages of Phoenix of the Opera. From the first few pages, my mind was plunged into the world of back then and into Erik's life. His life. Meg's life. Raoul's and Christine's life.
Absolutely brilliant. A must-read for all phantom phans. I truly cannot wait for the last book.
Sadie Montgomery, you have breathed new life to the meaning of literature. :)