11.2k reviews for:

Wicked

Gregory Maguire

3.4 AVERAGE

isammv's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous mysterious 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

jordanmunro's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional mysterious sad 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

hannahbean62's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Very different from the musical, though I can see where they got things from. Very focused on the politics of Oz. Distressing in places with death. Also a bit racist.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Racism

arca_mina's review against another edition

1.5

challenging dark 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: N/A

lotalimareva's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous challenging mysterious slow-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

italasianguy's review against another edition

3.0

emotional funny reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

sn00py22's review against another edition

3.0

medium-paced

turajfg's review against another edition

2.0

adventurous mysterious sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

_c______p's review against another edition

3.75

dark reflective

Plot or Character Driven: Character

michabegijn's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH

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I personally couldn't get over the author making the mother over sexual. The writing around it was bad