seconded! hehehe. however... i couldn't finish the book. i knew it wasn't supposed to be like the musical, and i wasn't expecting it to be. but i found it to be a rather painfully slow read.

i want to know how a person reads a book suddenly stops and thinks, "you know, if i changed nearly everything about this book including major plot points and several principle characters, write some amazingly catchy songs to go with it, i could have a blockbuster musical on my hands!!" it makes no sense!

but i loved the musical.