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wbrooklynn's review against another edition
3.0
could’ve cut out 50+ pages in Vinkus. made me giggle !
matheamae's review against another edition
3.0
This was certainly a read! I'm a huge fan of the Broadway musical, and retellings in general which brought me to this series. I maybe made the not so smart choice by purchasing all the books in the series before even starting it...oops! Well, it took me a hot second to complete this one because it is so dense. Very wordy and kinda repetitive. I enjoyed a lot of aspects of it, which kept me reading, but I also wanted it to be over more than once which brought my star rating down. I am going to read the next one in hopes that my interest picks up!
saramhiatt2's review against another edition
2.5
2.5 ⭐️ - Listen…some of my biggest issues with this story is that it doesn’t live up to my expectations. As someone who loves TWoO movie, but hasn’t seen the Wicked musical, I expected lighthearted and charming like the movie.
This is NOT the case.
The story/plot itself? Eh. I have to keep in mind that (to my knowledge) nothing in this book is canon to Baum’s original stories. I found myself dreadfully bored through this whole thing.
The writing style is also emotionless. It doesn’t captivate or make you fall in love with characters. I genuinely DGAFF about any of the characters in this book.
In this realm, Galinda/Glinda is a “mean girl,” as is the rest of her posse from Shiz. Elphaba has a shit life from start to finish and I genuinely feel bad for her and the way the world has treated her.
This book is also strangely sexual. Shared partners, orgies, sodomy, beastiality. I felt like most of this was completely unnecessary to the plot. It’s also pretty graphically violent - which doesn’t bother me near as much, and was much more relevant to the plot line.
The whole book feels like a bad acid trip.
Overall - I didn’t HATE it. But I don’t think I would recommend it to anyone. I still will likely read the remainder of the series (since I already possess all of the physical books) but it has not earned a spot to stay on my bookshelves.
This is NOT the case.
The story/plot itself? Eh. I have to keep in mind that (to my knowledge) nothing in this book is canon to Baum’s original stories. I found myself dreadfully bored through this whole thing.
The writing style is also emotionless. It doesn’t captivate or make you fall in love with characters. I genuinely DGAFF about any of the characters in this book.
In this realm, Galinda/Glinda is a “mean girl,” as is the rest of her posse from Shiz. Elphaba has a shit life from start to finish and I genuinely feel bad for her and the way the world has treated her.
This book is also strangely sexual. Shared partners, orgies, sodomy, beastiality. I felt like most of this was completely unnecessary to the plot. It’s also pretty graphically violent - which doesn’t bother me near as much, and was much more relevant to the plot line.
The whole book feels like a bad acid trip.
Overall - I didn’t HATE it. But I don’t think I would recommend it to anyone. I still will likely read the remainder of the series (since I already possess all of the physical books) but it has not earned a spot to stay on my bookshelves.
lady_jess_87's review against another edition
5.0
It was a very good book. I felt the author did a wonderful job at describing a bittersweet and horribly sad ending for Elphaba.
lduubs's review against another edition
adventurous
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
spookyautumnleaves's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
shellydav's review against another edition
5.0
LOVED this! This is the kind of book that I call a heartbreaker--it breaks my heart to finish it and have to walk away from the characters and the story.
riestenberger's review against another edition
4.0
Review is late, blah blah.
I grabbed this audiobook because a) I love the musical and b) one of my close friends loves these books.
Not at all what I was expecting. I had a really hard time getting into it because it was so vastly different from the musical. However, since this book ended where the musical ended, I decided to continue and see what became of the characters since I had no expectations.
I grabbed this audiobook because a) I love the musical and b) one of my close friends loves these books.
Not at all what I was expecting. I had a really hard time getting into it because it was so vastly different from the musical. However, since this book ended where the musical ended, I decided to continue and see what became of the characters since I had no expectations.
eadrianschmitz's review against another edition
The writing is terrible, the world I'm feels unfinished. A waste of time.
anxiouscoffee's review against another edition
5.0
A Wicked-ly good origin story for one of the most well known witches