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3.4 AVERAGE
3.4 AVERAGE
Boring. Not good writing. Misogynistic.
dark
tense
medium-paced
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
reflective
medium-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
There is no better description of tyranny's salient insanity than Maguire's "Wicked." Using animals and Animals to discuss systemic oppression, repression, and depression was ingenious, and allows me (and hopefully others) to see the problem objectively. We need a dash of Elphaba, a dash of Glinda, and some may argue, even a dash of Nessarose to be fully competent, capable, cordial, and compassionate citizens: all resistant to "Evil," but not afraid of it or unfamiliar with it. We need a dash of all three to battle the wars waged on intellect and critical thinking; all three Crage Hall roomies should live within me, and from their discussions, I hope to make myself a better person. I hope others enjoy this beautiful saga of triumph and disaster as much as I did, especially those of us who are disabled. :)
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Grief
Moderate: Ableism, Animal death
unfortunately this didn't do it for me, at all
even though the act of elphie with fiyero's family was necessary to show the bond between them, it did feel long and unnecessary sometimes which i think dragged the book a lot for me since there were too many scenes focused on it. the final chapters were good which is unfortunate cause the rest of the book just felt like a whole of... nothing
also the best and funniest character in this whole thing was definitely nana and i did find unfair how they killed her off so easily at the end, but i guess that's part of elphaba's character after becoming the wicked witch
even though the act of elphie with fiyero's family was necessary to show the bond between them, it did feel long and unnecessary sometimes which i think dragged the book a lot for me since there were too many scenes focused on it. the final chapters were good which is unfortunate cause the rest of the book just felt like a whole of... nothing
also the best and funniest character in this whole thing was definitely nana and i did find unfair how they killed her off so easily at the end, but i guess that's part of elphaba's character after becoming the wicked witch
funny
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes