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11.2k reviews for:
Wicked: [Movie Tie-In]: the Inspiration for the Smash-hit Musical and the Upcoming Major Motion Picture
Gregory Maguire
3.4 AVERAGE
11.2k reviews for:
Wicked: [Movie Tie-In]: the Inspiration for the Smash-hit Musical and the Upcoming Major Motion Picture
Gregory Maguire
3.4 AVERAGE
If you are coming into this book expecting it to be like the musical, you will be upset and probably a little bit horrified. The musical merely uses the same character and place names as this book, almost everything else is different. If you read this book and view it as its own work, separate from the musical, you’ll have a better time.
Anyway, I think this book has interesting themes- what is evil? Animal rights, the use of religion, political violence, the existence of a soul, etc.- butttt that it came across as a little scattered. Furthermore, the pacing felt slow and tedious.
Anyway, I think this book has interesting themes- what is evil? Animal rights, the use of religion, political violence, the existence of a soul, etc.- butttt that it came across as a little scattered. Furthermore, the pacing felt slow and tedious.
adventurous
dark
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
genuinely confused at what was happening at the point i stopped
I would imagine that this book is better read than listened to because everyone said that it was great but the audio sucked!
dark
emotional
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I went into it knowing that the Wicked Witch of the West will be presented in a more sympathetic light. And she was. She was complicated in that she couldn't definitively understand herself, her self, her universe, et cetera. She, sometimes, seemed the true existentialist. At other times, too stupid to examine anything, but I think that was Maguire's pandering to the audience. That is, something along the lines of, "You're too stupid to understand, Elphaba [the witch's name], so here, let me explain it to you," a character would say, which is really Maguire saying, "audience, you may not be getting this, so let me explain clearly."
So, a little world examining, self examining, and religion examining, souls and whether they exist, evil and its genesis, etc. A sort of philosophical exploration in a fantasy novel--and it is fantasy, don't doubt that. So expect all the trappings of that genre, replete with heavy exposition and two-page spread map of the fantasy world within. And of course, the seed(s?) for future works in a series.
One thing I found odd was how British the whole thing seemed, given that Oz is over the rainbow in Kansas. The school system, the villages, even a little bit of the language seemed so across the pond that I had to look up Maguire to see from whence he hails. He's from Albany! Though, he has lived abroad in Dublin and London.
So, a little world examining, self examining, and religion examining, souls and whether they exist, evil and its genesis, etc. A sort of philosophical exploration in a fantasy novel--and it is fantasy, don't doubt that. So expect all the trappings of that genre, replete with heavy exposition and two-page spread map of the fantasy world within. And of course, the seed(s?) for future works in a series.
One thing I found odd was how British the whole thing seemed, given that Oz is over the rainbow in Kansas. The school system, the villages, even a little bit of the language seemed so across the pond that I had to look up Maguire to see from whence he hails. He's from Albany! Though, he has lived abroad in Dublin and London.
adventurous
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Good book with interesting themes and characters and political undertones.
2/5 stars
This is such an interesting premise that the author does not execute well.
This is such an interesting premise that the author does not execute well.
dark
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death
Moderate: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Colonisation, Deportation
Minor: Child abuse, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders