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julesadventurezone 's review for:
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
by Gregory Maguire
adventurous
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I did like Elphaba and her wrestling with personhood and agency. She is super weird and she sucks and makes all the mistakes and I love her.
I also liked how the few Elphaba/Glinda scenes were pretty gay.
The fascism was pretty well written.
Both Turtle Heart and Dorothy are great minor characters.
That said, this book is way too long and too bizarre. There is so much weird sex in this, more than once involving children in some way. Also sexual assault that is not written about with care. There's religious debate and political debate and a lot of piss. There's a huge amount of characters and plenty of them just kind of die off screen. Kind of lacks plot in a weird way.
I also liked how the few Elphaba/Glinda scenes were pretty gay.
The fascism was pretty well written.
Both Turtle Heart and Dorothy are great minor characters.
That said, this book is way too long and too bizarre. There is so much weird sex in this, more than once involving children in some way. Also sexual assault that is not written about with care. There's religious debate and political debate and a lot of piss. There's a huge amount of characters and plenty of them just kind of die off screen. Kind of lacks plot in a weird way.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism, Death, Fatphobia, Sexual content, Violence, Murder
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Genocide, Infidelity, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Xenophobia, Medical content, Grief, Pregnancy, Alcohol, War, Classism
Minor: Incest, Racial slurs