BR's book's nooK: The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux

BR's book's nooK: The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux: Okay, yeah I have to admit that I was drawn to read this, very much because of the Gerard Butler movie  :     yup that very one. ...

The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux

Okay, yeah I have to admit that I was drawn to read this, very much because of the Gerard Butler movie :

   

yup that very one. Besides because the author was a fan of these guys:

People whose book I really love, such as The Count of Montecristo and Our Lady of Paris So yeah as you can see I was pretty much coerced to read this one.

This story begins as if it were an investigation done by a reporter, who have heard the story of the famous Phantom, who was the responsible of vile actions and perilous acts that not only inflicted pain in one person but in every single one that would dare to put a foot in his Opera House. At the beginnig you can't tell if he's real or just a ghost, because indeed he moves and acts like one but you can never be sure until we get to meet the sweet and INNOCENT Christine Daáe.

The whole first part was exactly the same as in the movie I mentioned before, ( so I won't be spoiling more than necessary) The difference comes in the whole second part where we get the real self of the phantom, not just an abandoned boy rejected by the world because of his ugly aspect, but also an expert soldier and a marvellous architect, able to do the most unthinkable structures just in a blink of an eye.

A person that never knew how to be kind because the world never show him any of it, taking him to find a love so passionate that would do anything as long as he could keep it to himself. But when someone falls in love of a person that loves another one...things get to be complicated, and there´s where the mischievous and vile personality of our phantom comes out to play and put in danger every single being that crossess his way.

I would have to spoil a lot of details if I wanted to explain everything that happens in the second part of it... i don't even know how to explain it... it made me remember of an action movie when Raoul and X go into the phantom's domain in order to save Christine ( I haven't felt like that in a while).

And the end?? Gosh... I can't even say it...but it's not what it was shown in the movie is more...it's so much MORE!

I can only finish whith this image because it really covers all of the ending. Just loved it. And Gerard Butler will always be for me The Phantom of the Opera. 

Shingaling's playlist

Chinatown by Justi Barreto
Shingaling, shingaling by Kako and his orchestra
Sugar, let's shing a ling by Shirley Ellis
I've got just the thing by Lou Courtney
Shing a ling time, baby by The Liberty Belles
Shingaling by the lat teens
Shing a Ling by Arthur Conley
Shing a ling by Audrey Winters
Nobdy but me by Human Beinz
Enjoy!

Shingaling: A Wonder Story by R.J. Palacio

Shingaling: A Wonder Story by R.J. Palacio

My rating: 3 of 5 stars

I chose this book without realising it was meant for kids and actually thinking it was the first book... so yeah ! surprise there, but I intend to read the first one, that's happening.

What can I say about the book?

It's a really sweet story, like reading the diary of your lil niece or future daughter ( if you like) a funny journey when you go back at the way you used to think when you were child, with the typical problems a kid at that age ( around 10 or 12 yrs old) may have.

Like problems between which group of friends to be with

a lil of prejudging

But also good things like meeting new friends, in places where you couldn't even imagine.

and of course a lot of ...

and...

so yup...definitely a book i'll give my kids ( in the future) to read .
Finishing i'd like to leave you with this:

As soon as I can I'll be posting the playlist mentioned in this book.

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Suggestions to read?

As you already know i've been a bit away from book world so guys, if you have any good suggestion please let me know in the comments that I'll make everything in my power to read them and give my reviews as soon as I can. 

Remember that can be books either in spanish or english.

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Dracula by Bram Stoker

Not what I expected.

I've watched the Coppola movie way too many times, loved the acting of Keanu Reeves and the rest of the cast , but actually I was expecting that the book itself were a tiny bit similar to the book as well, and actually it was but not quite...I'd dare to say that 50% and 50%.

The 75% of the book is more about finishing Dracula and saving Mina, but Mina is not the lost love of the Count as said in the movie, NO! she's just a simple victim that refuses with all her might to belong to Dracula due to her principles, faith and love to her husband.

Mina was the lovely and dutiful wife stereotype, always worry for her husband, always close tu religion and sciences so, when it comes to her to stand against the evil she really fights with all she has, but it's not like she ever wanted that darkness among her or that she was someone important in Dracula's past...'cause she was not

And also one the biggest differences with the movie is that Dracula's scene death wasn't too much of a hustle as it shows...it was more like...

Also was way too long for my liking, because was too detailed but i can prize that the way of narrative was a compendium of diaries of every single character involved in the book...giving as a result a hell of a book.

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