kdswoff05 's review for:

Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire

3.5

medium-paced

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 I definitely love the movie and musical better… This book was very interesting.. BUT with that said I feel this book gets low ratings because it is more on the dark side and the movie/musical is fluffed up. The book touches more on hard life like political, fascism, populism, propaganda, and the scapegoating. It also touches on talk of suicide, drowning of a baby, murder, torture, implied rape, infidelity, and queer phobia. For those that don’t know, many classic Disney movies are based on darker and more violent fairytale stories than what is portrayed in the films. (Cinderella, The little Mermaid and Snow White)