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Wicked: [Movie Tie-In]: the Inspiration for the Smash-hit Musical and the Upcoming Major Motion Picture

Gregory Maguire

3.4 AVERAGE

boseags's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous mysterious reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

siennafayereads's review against another edition

3.0

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I do appreciate the backstory of the wicked witch of the west more. But, the excessive sexual imagery was not needed.

kddear04's review against another edition

3.0

challenging dark slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This book took me a while to get through. It is interesting, but where there are definite themes in the play and movie, the theme here is harder to grasp for me, personally. The Witch essentially thinks she is morally higher than others, however is afraid to care for anyone, which brings into question her overall empathy. 

The play & movie cannot even be compared to the book as I feel they are telling 2 completely different stories. 

kikijaybee's review against another edition

2.0

adventurous challenging informative slow-paced

moondaisy's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark emotional tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

megs813's review against another edition

3.0

dark medium-paced

agnela's review against another edition

2.0

challenging tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

tmoake's review against another edition

2.0

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This book was disappointing. This author is disappointing. I think he started off with a brilliant idea, but things begin to fall apart and I left feeling I could have done it better.

brigould's review against another edition

2.5

dark emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Honestly I wanted to love this, but it is just overly dark, violent, and twisted to the extent that it doesn’t feel necessary. The author includes a lot of details about characters and events that don’t really add anything to except for the fact that they are weird or messed up?!?

It’s also incredibly hard to read, I don’t know how to explain why except for the way that it is written. 

jollyegirl98's review against another edition

2.0

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I read most of this book but couldn't finish it. It was very depressing...not really my thing