Wicked

Gregory Maguire

3.4 AVERAGE

jead619's review against another edition

4.0

dark tense medium-paced

Content Warnings

mckenziepropp's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous 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

olliestocks's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective tense 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

I really enjoyed reading Wicked as a contrast with the musical (and now film) adaptations.

In comparisson, the book has much more depth to the characters and has a deeper exploration of Elphebas politics and inner world. It also spans Elphebas entire life. Themes of capitalism, discrimination, elitism, politics. The middle of the book is a little slow but overall loved it.

Content Warnings

link_hyrule's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 61%

My mother and I love the movie and broadway versions of Wicked. She bought me a copy and I read it first. I was disappointed because it was nothing like the musical I loved. The characters and plot were all completely different from their musical counter parts, and the themes of the broadway weren’t as powerful or all there.

I thought some of the differences were interesting. In the book Nessarose doesn’t have arms whereas in the musical her legs are disabled. It was probably made for easier adaptation.
Instead of Glinda being snobby rich girl she like in the broadway she was a snobby well-off girl.

I think she died in the book. Idk.

Fiyero has a whole family???? And an affair with Elphaba???

A whole paragraph was dedicated to describing Elphaba’s pubic hair. I stopped reading the.