I have read this book twice, and it was just as addicting the second time as the first. I saw Andrew Loyd Webber's musical four years ago, and I fell in love with it. The book, although not exactly like the play in every sense of the story, is deffinatly not a dissapointment. it is one of those stories you pull out to read when you need an inspiraton, or just a good story. if you want a good read, Phantom, all the way!