I am appalled after reading this book. It completely throws out the original book, and bases the whole story of the Andrew Lloyd Webber Musical. Not only does he bash the original story, but then tries to disprove it! I find it sort of a paradox, trying to disprove a work that one is writing a sequel to! Apparently, trying to impress Lloyd Webber, ALW's name is even mentioned at least 10 times in the preface! Forsyth goes even farther and says at the end of the preface - "This is the story of the Lloyd Webber musical and it is the only one to make sense." I think you should compare his book to the original and see which one makes sense.I don't even recommend this book to a NON-Phantom fan, as it will probably even make the world hate "The Phantom of the Opera." Negative infinity stars would be the best rating.