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Wicked

Gregory Maguire

3.4 AVERAGE

dark inspiring mysterious slow-paced

I was pleasantly surprised by this and understand the hype now. For whatever reason I thought this was a children's story and lol, I was cured of that notion 5 pages in. The pace is slooow and despite enjoying it it took me a long time to finish. 
adventurous 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
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Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
adventurous dark funny reflective medium-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
dark mysterious

I found this interesting, but it was a little too much for me. It just felt exhausting to read after awhile. It also seemed like a lot of the sexual content was only included for shock value.

2.5⭐️ I was looking forward reading this before seeing the movie, to compare, but now that I read it, I don’t think the movie would even use this plot… it was just dull and too lengthy… very difficult to follow and a lot of times to understand what’s happening… for a fantasy novel it was just not a good read for me… for the most part, I forced myself reading this through… I just hope the movie now will make up for it…
adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

fizzlefotz's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 60%

Slow pacing. I understand why everyone is cruel, but it’s really such a drag. 
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